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Keygan

Boy · KEE-gun · Irish

Keygan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fiery one”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Keygan mean?

Irish: variant spelling of Keegan, from Irish Mac Aodhagáin

“little fiery one”

Spelling variant of Keegan, from the Irish surname Mac Aodhagáin, meaning son of Aodhagán, a diminutive of Aodh, fire.

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KEE-gun

Is Keygan a girl's or a boy's name?

Keygan is a boys' name.

How popular is Keygan in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Keygan in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 34 in 20082022
Keygan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20225#12,322
20210–
202010#7,497
20199#8,209
201810#7,613
20176#10,770
201615#5,785
201518#5,056
201421#4,534
201327#3,751
201216#5,476
201129#3,604
201028#3,707
200927#3,829
200834#3,284
200718#4,994
200623#4,101
200513#5,869
200424#3,731
200317#4,611
20027#8,449
200112#5,660
20007#8,202
19997#7,867
19980–
19977#7,275
19967#7,129

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