Keane
Boy · KEEN · Irish
Keane is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Cathán”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Keane mean?
Irish: anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Catháin
“descendant of Cathán”
From the Irish surname Ó Catháin; the personal name Cathán comes from cath 'battle'.
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Is Keane a girl's or a boy's name?
Keane is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keane in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Keane, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 188 boys.
Half of all the boys named Keane in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Keane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,178 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 43 | #771 |
| 2009 | 48 | #711 |
| 2008 | 70 | #544 |
| 2007 | 105 | #383 |
| 2006 | 133 | #296 |
| 2005 | 188 | #220 |
| 2004 | 86 | #373 |
| 2003 | 51 | #525 |
| 2002 | 27 | #770 |
| 2001 | 36 | #591 |
| 2000 | 39 | #562 |
| 1999 | 24 | #755 |
| 1998 | 26 | #714 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Keane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Keane, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Keane than any year since 1983.
Half of all the boys named Keane in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keane in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,510 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,584 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 40 | #2,831 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
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