Keenan is an established boys' name that peaked in 1997 and has since faded.
Keenan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,307 for boy births in the United States (and #2,715 across all names), given to 149 babies. Keenan was first reported in SSA data in 1942 and peaked in 1997 (717 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,307 |
| 2024 | 172 | 172 | #16,478 | #1,216 |
| 2023 | 188 | 188 | — | #1,125 |
| 2022 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 204 | 204 | — | #1,052 |
| 2020 | 216 | 216 | — | #988 |
| 2019 | 228 | 228 | — | #944 |
| 2018 | 236 | 236 | #16,908 | #923 |
| 2017 | 234 | 234 | — | #914 |
| 2016 | 274 | 274 | — | #830 |
| 2015 | 227 | 227 | — | #932 |
| 2014 | 278 | 278 | — | #820 |
| 2013 | 209 | 209 | — | #957 |
| 2012 | 248 | 248 | #10,074 | #885 |
| 2011 | 269 | 269 | #15,805 | #826 |
| 2010 | 307 | 307 | #14,243 | #753 |
| 2009 | 310 | 310 | — | #746 |
| 2008 | 323 | 323 | #19,023 | #727 |
| 2007 | 372 | 372 | #13,302 | #658 |
| 2006 | 394 | 394 | — | #607 |
| 2005 | 389 | 389 | #12,425 | #593 |
| 2004 | 391 | 391 | #11,176 | #584 |
| 2003 | 382 | 382 | — | #579 |
| 2002 | 373 | 373 | #10,662 | #587 |
| 2001 | 384 | 384 | #12,737 | #557 |
| 2000 | 421 | 421 | #9,526 | #532 |
| 1999 | 451 | 451 | #15,599 | #492 |
| 1998 | 498 | 498 | #13,251 | #457 |
| 1997 | 726 | — | #9,410 | #354 |
| 1996 | 606 | — | #7,846 | #397 |
| 1995 | 636 | — | #6,833 | #381 |
| 1994 | 602 | — | #7,345 | #394 |
| 1993 | 619 | — | #12,582 | #379 |
| 1992 | 668 | — | #5,861 | #363 |
| 1991 | 685 | — | #5,281 | #359 |
| 1990 | 606 | — | #6,283 | #391 |
| 1989 | 405 | — | #7,719 | #481 |
| 1988 | 338 | — | #12,757 | #502 |
| 1987 | 299 | — | #7,042 | #531 |
| 1986 | 279 | — | #11,783 | #539 |
| 1985 | 282 | — | #6,688 | #529 |
| 1984 | 217 | — | #11,204 | #581 |
| 1983 | 238 | — | #5,286 | #562 |
| 1982 | 182 | — | #6,114 | #670 |
| 1981 | 178 | — | #6,082 | #667 |
| 1980 | 189 | — | #7,739 | #646 |
| 1979 | 159 | — | #5,235 | #716 |
| 1978 | 137 | — | #9,051 | #740 |
| 1977 | 115 | — | — | #801 |
| 1976 | 128 | — | — | #738 |
| 1975 | 126 | — | — | #744 |
| 1974 | 118 | — | #9,387 | #764 |
| 1973 | 102 | — | — | #789 |
| 1972 | 112 | — | #6,232 | #785 |
| 1971 | 106 | — | #6,281 | #819 |
| 1970 | 115 | — | #8,612 | #786 |
| 1969 | 84 | — | — | #838 |
| 1968 | 66 | — | — | #889 |
| 1967 | 79 | — | — | #815 |
| 1966 | 93 | — | — | #759 |
| 1965 | 69 | — | — | #886 |
| 1964 | 98 | — | #6,359 | #785 |
| 1963 | 120 | — | — | #715 |
| 1962 | 97 | — | — | #773 |
| 1961 | 60 | — | — | #1,009 |
| 1960 | 106 | — | — | #751 |
| 1959 | 68 | — | — | #934 |
| 1958 | 66 | — | — | #940 |
| 1957 | 45 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | — | #2,714 |
| 1955 | 31 | — | — | #1,387 |
| 1954 | 18 | — | — | #1,858 |
| 1953 | 17 | — | — | #1,927 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | — | #2,440 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | — | #2,195 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | — | #2,155 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | — | #2,279 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | — | #2,527 |
| 1947 | 18 | — | — | #1,820 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | — | #2,090 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | — | #2,322 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | — | #3,078 |