Keelan is an uncommon variant of Kellen that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Keelan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,463 for boy births in the United States (and #5,305 across all names), given to 55 babies. Keelan first appears in 1967 and peaked in 2014 (135 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,463 |
| 2024 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,180 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | #16,385 | #2,374 |
| 2022 | 83 | 83 | #16,515 | #1,974 |
| 2021 | 95 | 95 | #12,858 | #1,797 |
| 2020 | 86 | 86 | — | #1,772 |
| 2019 | 133 | 133 | #10,121 | #1,426 |
| 2018 | 110 | 110 | #16,906 | #1,586 |
| 2017 | 105 | 105 | #11,155 | #1,654 |
| 2016 | 114 | 114 | #13,617 | #1,551 |
| 2015 | 144 | 144 | #11,388 | #1,313 |
| 2014 | 147 | 147 | #9,258 | #1,312 |
| 2013 | 131 | 131 | #8,354 | #1,423 |
| 2012 | 128 | 128 | #8,022 | #1,460 |
| 2011 | 129 | 129 | #7,267 | #1,462 |
| 2010 | 148 | 148 | #7,361 | #1,314 |
| 2009 | 111 | 111 | #9,148 | #1,619 |
| 2008 | 131 | 131 | #7,928 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 152 | 152 | #7,248 | #1,301 |
| 2006 | 114 | 114 | #8,490 | #1,516 |
| 2005 | 85 | 85 | #15,464 | #1,702 |
| 2004 | 73 | 73 | #13,470 | #1,869 |
| 2003 | 106 | 106 | #13,135 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 96 | 96 | #7,248 | #1,539 |
| 2001 | 116 | 116 | #5,701 | #1,347 |
| 2000 | 129 | 129 | #6,646 | #1,205 |
| 1999 | 92 | 92 | #13,507 | #1,378 |
| 1998 | 85 | 85 | #13,250 | #1,440 |
| 1997 | 100 | — | #7,071 | #1,313 |
| 1996 | 56 | — | — | #1,699 |
| 1995 | 81 | — | #11,105 | #1,373 |
| 1994 | 58 | — | #14,513 | #1,701 |
| 1993 | 44 | — | — | #1,884 |
| 1992 | 57 | — | #9,103 | #1,759 |
| 1991 | 53 | — | — | #1,601 |
| 1990 | 47 | — | #10,763 | #1,921 |
| 1989 | 41 | — | #11,528 | #2,046 |
| 1988 | 32 | — | — | #2,016 |
| 1987 | 36 | — | #10,503 | #2,034 |
| 1986 | 19 | — | — | #2,733 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | #6,238 | #2,554 |
| 1984 | 28 | — | — | #1,955 |
| 1983 | 20 | — | — | #2,459 |
| 1982 | 32 | — | #9,774 | #2,086 |
| 1981 | 16 | — | — | #2,835 |
| 1980 | 32 | — | — | #1,788 |
| 1979 | 22 | — | — | #2,278 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | — | #3,304 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | — | #2,979 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | — | #3,865 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | — | #2,834 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | #9,386 | #3,707 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | — | #4,813 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | — | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | — | #3,680 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,435 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | — | #3,409 |