Keigan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEE-gan
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Keigan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Keigan mean?
Irish: spelling of Keegan, from Irish Mac Aodhagain
“little fire”
A spelling of Keegan, from an Irish surname built on Aodh, meaning fire.
Is Keigan a girl's or a boy's name?
Keigan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keigan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 29 boys.
Half of all the boys named Keigan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keigan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 29 | #914 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Keigan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Keigan, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Keigan in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 585 boys in the US were given Keigan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #515, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
In 2019, 25% of the babies named Keigan in the US were girls.
Keigan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,230 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2006 | 40 | #2,831 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Keigan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Finn, Aiden, Kian, Declan, Kayden, Ronan, Conan, Keelan, Brogan, Conlan, Caelan
Other spellings of Keigan
Names related to Keigan
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, “Keigan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keigan, updated 20 October 2026.