By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Keagan is most popular
Boys named Keagan per 1,000 boys born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.065 per 1,000.
Strongest in Ohio, Alabama, and Louisiana.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Keagan born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Keagan
Keagan is rare for boys in the United States, ranked #1,614 in 2025 with 105 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1977, 10,541 American babies have been named Keagan, about 83% boys and 17% girls, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2008, when 658 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Keagan stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.