Keeghan
The Story of Keeghan
As a girl name
American parents first put Keeghan on the record books as a girl name in 1997, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 11 Keeghans were born — ranking #8,534 that year. About 62% of every Keeghan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Keeghan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 84 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Keeghan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1992, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2008: 30 births, good for #3,561 nationwide. About 52% of every Keeghan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Keeghan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 354 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Keeghan
Keeghan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 354 births in the dataset. Keeghan's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #3,561. Use the chart and map above to compare Keeghan'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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