Keeghan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEE-gun
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Keeghan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fiery one”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Keeghan mean?
Irish: variant spelling of Keegan, from Irish Mac Aodhagáin
“little fiery one”
Spelling variant of Keegan, from the Irish surname Mac Aodhagáin, meaning son of Aodhagán, a diminutive of Aodh, fire.
Is Keeghan a girl's or a boy's name?
Keeghan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keeghan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Keeghan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2008, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had more boys named Keeghan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Keeghan in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 585 boys in the US were given Keeghan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #515, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
In 2010, 25% of the babies named Keeghan in the US were girls.
Keeghan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
Names like Keeghan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden, Declan, Kayden, Ronan, Aiden, Finnegan, Finn, Teagan, Kellan, Kian, Deegan, Kenan
Other spellings of Keeghan
Names related to Keeghan
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon, Cillian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Keeghan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keeghan, updated 20 October 2026.