Keinan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEE-nun
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Keinan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little ancient one”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Keinan mean?
Irish: variant spelling of Keenan, from Irish Cianán
“little ancient one”
Spelling variant of Keenan, from Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian meaning ancient or enduring.
Is Keinan a girl's or a boy's name?
Keinan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keinan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 5 boys.
Keinan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
How popular is Keinan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Keinan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Keinan in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 boys in the US were given Keinan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,151, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
- Keenan 149
- Keinan 5
Keinan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Keinan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Keegan, Declan, Kian, Finn, Aiden, Conan, Keelan, Kayden, Conlan, Caelan, Brogan
Other spellings of Keinan
Names related to Keinan
Kenan, Kinan, Kenai, Kainan, Keion, Keian, Kienan, Kena, Keani
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, “Keinan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keinan, updated 20 October 2026.