How Many People Are Named Keelan?
people named Keelan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 88,453 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,942 babies named Keelan in Social Security records from 1967 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
152 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of CAOILFHIONN, sometimes used as a masculine name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Keelan, 9% were girls and 91% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 4.2% of the babies were girls then and 3.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Keelan alive today is about 19 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Keelan first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 2007, to 152 babies. In 2025, 55 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Keelan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,203, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #2,463.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,463 |
| Best rank | #1,203 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,445 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Keelan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Keelan were born in Texas than in any other state: about 370 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Keelan was given 4.5 times as often in Louisiana, 4.2 times in Tennessee and 3.7 times in Alabama.
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