Keevan
Boy · KEE-vun · Irish
Keevan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “gentle or handsome birth”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Keevan mean?
Irish: variant of Kevin, from Caoimhín
“gentle or handsome birth”
A spelling of Kevin; Saint Kevin founded the monastery at Glendalough in County Wicklow in the 6th century.
- Say it
- KEE-vun
Is Keevan a girl's or a boy's name?
Keevan is a boys' name.
How popular is Keevan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Keevan in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keevan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
Names like Keevan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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