Keean
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEE-an
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Keean is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “ancient, enduring”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Keean mean?
Irish: spelling of Kian, from Cian
“ancient, enduring”
In Irish mythology Cian is the father of the hero-god Lugh.
Is Keean a girl's or a boy's name?
Keean is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keean in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Keean in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keean in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
How popular is Keean in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Keean, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Keean in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,212 boys in the US were given Keean or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #292, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Keean in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Keean
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Aiden Kian Kayden Keegan Declan Ronan Conan Brayden Keelan Kody Brogan
Other spellings of Keean
Names related to Keean
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Keean: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keean, updated 20 October 2026.