Keenen
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 134 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,181since 1976
Keenen over time
Rank among boys' names. Keenen has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #3,888 | 25 |
| 2005 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #1,372 | 85 |
| 1997 | #1,065 | 119 |
| 1996 | #1,908 | 47 |
| 1995 | #1,588 | 58 |
| 1994 | #1,753 | 50 |
| 1993 | #1,295 | 77 |
| 1992 | #1,110 | 98 |
| 1991 | #907 | 134 |
| 1990 | #988 | 114 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
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| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
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| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Keenen! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1982, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Keenen is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#365 · 1 in 3,034
- New Jersey#651 · 1 in 9,128
- Pennsylvania#659 · 1 in 11,754
- New York#672 · 1 in 8,678
- North Carolina#694 · 1 in 9,504
Best ever in a state: #339 in Mississippi, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #365 | 8 | 1 in 3,034 |
| New Jersey | #651 | 6 | 1 in 9,128 |
| Pennsylvania | #659 | 7 | 1 in 11,754 |
| New York | #672 | 16 | 1 in 8,678 |
| North Carolina | #694 | 5 | 1 in 9,504 |
| Michigan | #796 | 5 | 1 in 14,202 |
| Florida | #945 | 6 | 1 in 15,285 |
| Texas | #996 | 9 | 1 in 17,026 |
| California | #1,582 | 8 | 1 in 36,285 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Keenen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 3,283 spots in 1990 (#4,271 → #988)
- Biggest drop: 203 spots in 1992 (#907 → #1,110)
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 1991 at #907 (134 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1990–1991
- Highest: 1 in 15,077 boys born in 1991 were named Keenen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 67.8% of all boys named Keenen (801) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,587 (1976) | #5,587 |
| 1980s | 49 | #3,915 (1988) | #5,139 |
| 1990s | 801 | #907 (1991) | #1,582 |
| 2000s | 194 | #3,299 (2000) | #4,585 |
| 2010s | 118 | #5,404 (2013) | #7,074 |
| 2020s | 14 | #8,825 (2021) | #9,844 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Keenen in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 18,018 of them was named Keenen, which outranked 89.6% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).