girls:
351 births since 1974
#5365 (6th percentile)
boys:
3.5k births since 1967
#2126 (54th percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1967
#4448 (43rd percentile)
The name Keelan is the #4,448 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,818 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 42.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,126 (53.6% percentile) for all time with 3,467 births since 1967. For girls, it ranks #5,365 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 351 births since 1974.
Keelan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for boys and 1974 for girls). Birth data for Keelan is available in 55 out of the 57 years between 1967 and 2023 (55 years for boys and 35 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Keelan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 90.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.1% of babies named Keelan were boys.
For boys, Keelan reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 14.6% percentile (ranked #754) with 60 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 66 births per million (ranked 14.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Keelan ranks #858 for boys (5.8% percentile) with 32 births per million, which is 48.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Keelan reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #883) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Keelan ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 28.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keelan".
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