Kean is a rare variant of Kenny that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Kean is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,955 for boy births in the United States (and #16,607 across all names), given to 10 babies. Kean first appears in 1944 and peaked in 2007 (31 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | #7,955 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | #5,554 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | #5,574 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | #6,327 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2020 | 15 | 15 | #5,843 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | #6,260 |
| 2018 | 22 | 22 | #4,543 |
| 2017 | 23 | 23 | #4,401 |
| 2016 | 23 | 23 | #4,404 |
| 2015 | 24 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 2014 | 27 | 27 | #3,850 |
| 2013 | 18 | 18 | #5,077 |
| 2012 | 29 | 29 | #3,667 |
| 2011 | 22 | 22 | #4,436 |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2009 | 27 | 27 | #3,877 |
| 2008 | 30 | 30 | #3,607 |
| 2007 | 31 | 31 | #3,479 |
| 2006 | 24 | 24 | #4,052 |
| 2005 | 24 | 24 | #3,879 |
| 2004 | 28 | 28 | #3,413 |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | #4,716 |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | #4,406 |
| 2001 | 20 | 20 | #4,043 |
| 2000 | 20 | 20 | #4,003 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | #4,242 |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | #3,784 |
| 1997 | 22 | — | #3,306 |
| 1996 | 26 | — | #2,875 |
| 1995 | 23 | — | #3,059 |
| 1994 | 22 | — | #3,174 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | #5,578 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | #4,228 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #4,944 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | #4,843 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #5,391 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | #4,315 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #5,217 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | #4,669 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,460 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #5,276 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | #3,754 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | #4,095 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | #3,739 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #4,793 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #4,012 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #4,683 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #4,292 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #4,722 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | #3,403 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #4,720 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #4,264 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #3,381 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #2,698 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #2,486 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #2,958 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #2,949 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #2,377 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #3,213 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | #2,735 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #4,232 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #2,435 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #3,733 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | #2,263 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #3,169 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #4,010 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #3,684 |