How Many People Are Named Keelin?

1,375

people named Keelin are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 248,570 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,396 babies named Keelin in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#8,628

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#619

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Peak Year

2002

70 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Irish
Pronunciation: KEE-lin
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Anglicized form of CAOILFHIONN.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

CaelanCaoileannCaoilfhionnCaoilinnKeelan

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
74.5%
Male
25.5%

Of the babies given the name Keelin, 74.5% were girls and 25.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Keelin fell from 77.3% in the 1990s to 63% in the 2010s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Keelin alive today is about 22 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 28 in 2025.

Under 30 1,110
80.7%
30 to 59 257
18.7%
60 and over 8
0.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Keelin first appears in the records in 1956 and was given most often in 2002, to 70 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Keelin has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,563, in 2002. Among boys, its best rank was #3,584, in 2000.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025Not ranked#9,321
Best rank#2,563 (2002)#3,584 (2000)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#3,454 in the 2000s#6,293 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Keelin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Keelin were born in California than in any other state: about 27 of those alive today.

California 27
Massachusetts 12
Texas 10
New York 6
Florida 5
Georgia 5
Pennsylvania 5

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