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Keenen

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Keenen is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 907th, in 1991.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1991134 births
Best rank
#907in 1991
Since 1976
1,181people given the name
Babies named Keenen, by year of birthboys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,181 boys have been named Keenen in the United States since 1976, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 134 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 134 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1990s alone account for 68%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Keenen
1970s5
1980s49
1990s801
2000s194
2010s118
2020s14

In 1991, its biggest year

Keenen was the 907th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.

Names that rose and fell with Keenen

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.