Keene
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEEN
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Keene is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “keen, bold”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Keene mean?
English: from the English surname, Old English cene
“keen, bold”
From an English surname and place name, ultimately from Old English cene meaning bold or brave.
Is Keene a girl's or a boy's name?
Keene 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 Keene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Keene, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Keene in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keene in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Names like Keene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ridge Keegan Finn Kayden Brayden Cannon Deacon Finnegan Case Declan Kenan Aiden
Names related to Keene
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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, “Keene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keene, updated 20 October 2026.