Keagan
Boy · KEE-gan · Irish
Keagan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “from Aodh, fire”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,609th for boys in the US (105 babies).
What does Keagan mean?
Irish: spelling of Keegan, from an Irish surname
“from Aodh, fire”
Spelling of Keegan, from the Irish surname Mac Aodhagáin, ultimately from Aodh, an old Irish name meaning fire.
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Is Keagan a girl's or a boy's name?
Keagan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 29 girls and 105 boys in the US.
How popular is Keagan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Keagan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 30 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Keagan than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Keagan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 41 boys in the UK were given Keagan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #766, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Keegan 38
- Keagan 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Keagan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,051 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,031 |
| 2006 | 29 | #914 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,110 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Keagan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,609among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 105about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 105 boys in the US were named Keagan, making it the 1,609th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,149th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 564 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977. 29 girls were also named Keagan in 2025 (4,660th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Keagan in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 585 boys in the US were given Keagan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #515, up from #1,609 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 22% of the babies named Keagan in the US were girls.
Keagan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #1,609 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,620 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,650 |
| 2022 | 128 | #1,425 |
| 2021 | 122 | #1,469 |
| 2020 | 169 | #1,149 |
| 2019 | 178 | #1,107 |
| 2018 | 234 | #918 |
| 2017 | 250 | #870 |
| 2016 | 258 | #869 |
| 2015 | 294 | #790 |
| 2014 | 321 | #741 |
| 2013 | 342 | #698 |
| 2012 | 437 | #585 |
| 2011 | 440 | #568 |
| 2010 | 492 | #526 |
| 2009 | 522 | #514 |
| 2008 | 564 | #489 |
| 2007 | 493 | #524 |
| 2006 | 383 | #620 |
| 2005 | 327 | #658 |
| 2004 | 286 | #693 |
| 2003 | 323 | #634 |
| 2002 | 245 | #724 |
| 2001 | 255 | #700 |
| 2000 | 235 | #728 |
| 1999 | 186 | #817 |
| 1998 | 147 | #948 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 126 | #988 |
| 1995 | 103 | #1,122 |
| 1994 | 87 | #1,240 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,335 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,289 |
| 1991 | 51 | #1,626 |
| 1990 | 42 | #1,835 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
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