Keating
The Story of Keating
As a girl name
American parents first put Keating on the record books as a girl name in 2004, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2004, when 6 Keatings were born — ranking #14,177 that year. Keating last appeared in the published SSA data in 2004, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Keating as a boy name dates back to 2010, when 6 babies received it. 2010 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Keating — #10,765 in the national rankings. About 76% of every Keating on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Keating last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Keating
Keating is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2010 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Keating's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #10,765. Use the chart and map above to compare Keating's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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