Keelan Boy
How popular is Keelan?
#2,451 boy name in 2025
55 baby boys were named Keelan in the US in 2025, making it the 2451st most popular boy name.
Keelan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,451 for boys (▼ 282 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 55 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,307 in 2015, #1,766 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (135 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,194 in 2000 |
| First recorded | 1967 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 95% boys, 5% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Keelan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Keelan family of names ranked #1,856 for boys in 2025 (#1,729 the year before), with 63 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Keelan | 55 | 87% |
| Keelin | 8 | 13% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Keelan is most popular
Babies named Keelan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (9 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Keelan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 | #3,230 |
| 1970s | 114 | #2,020 |
| 1980s | 258 | #1,765 |
| 1990s | 620 | #1,307 |
| 2000s | 981 | #1,194 |
| 2010s | 1,174 | #1,306 |
| 2020s | 432 | #1,766 |
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Questions
- Is Keelan a boy or girl name?
- Keelan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Keelan were boys.
- How popular is the name Keelan?
- 55 baby boys were named Keelan in the US in 2025, making it the 2451st most popular boy name.
- When was Keelan most popular?
- Keelan peaked in 2014, when 135 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,194 in 2000.
- How many people are named Keelan?
- 3,942 babies have been named Keelan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,870 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Keelan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Keelan was most common in Mississippi, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.