Keen
Boy · KEEN · English
Keen is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “bold, eager”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Keen mean?
English: English word, also a surname, from Old English cene 'bold'
“bold, eager”
The English word keen once meant brave or bold, from Old English cene.
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Is Keen a girl's or a boy's name?
Keen is a boys' name.
How popular is Keen in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Keen in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
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