Keegan
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning small flame or descendant of Aodhagán.
How Keegan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #274 |
| 2016 | #283 |
| 2017 | #309 |
| 2018 | #353 |
| 2019 | #425 |
| 2020 | #494 |
| 2021 | #495 |
| 2022 | #567 |
| 2023 | #627 |
| 2024 | #594 |
| 2025 | #621 |
Keegan by the numbers
In 2025, 32 babies in England and Wales were named Keegan. In the US, 1,235 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,706 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Names that come from Keegan
Forms of Keegan in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keegan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Keagansmall fire; a form of Keegan287 in the US (2017)
- Keenansmall and ancient; form of Cian or Kienan233 in the US (2017)
- Keelansmall and slender; follower of Saint Caoláin105 in the US (2017)
- Kegansmall fire; a form of Keegan40 in the US (2017)
- Keeghansmall; a form of Keegan11 in the US (2017)
- Kiegansmall and fiery; a form of Keegan8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Keegan
Names that are said the same way as Keegan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean fire
Like Keegan, each of these has fire in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aidenlittle fire11,301 in the US (2017)
- Aydenlittle fire; a modern respelling of Aiden3,979 in the US (2017)
- Brantleyfire brand; a form of Brant2,347 in the US (2017)
- Reeseardent or fiery; a form of Rhys2,106 in the US (2017)
- Aidanlittle fire1,738 in the US (2017)
- Tysonone who was fiery; surname used as given name1,045 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Keegan
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