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“Ancient, distant” — Irish origin
Boy's name · #1307 in the US (2025) · 90s
Keenan reached #354 in 1997 and has eased to #1307 since. About 18,000 boys have carried it since 1942. Together with its spelling variant Kenan (#1148), Keenan would rank around #769 with about 330 births last year — the newborns split about 55/45 between Kenan and Keenan.
Around the world: about 1 in 5,100 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 7,900 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 17,000 boys in Sweden (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 24 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 82 notable people named Keenan:
Sports figures appear 3.32× more often than among typical names — e.g. Keenan Evans, American basketball player.
Similar names: Tyree · Quintin · Kody · Duncan · Devan · Brennan
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