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Keenan

OriginIrish
Meaning"ancient"
GenderBoy & girl
US Rank
GirlsUnranked

Below 5 births

Boys#1307

2025 SSA

About Keenan

A lively boys' name that works well for girls.

Keenan for boys#1307 US

This name of three ancient saints, one Wayans brother, and an NFL wide receiver makes an energetic choice.

Pronounced KEE-nun.

As of November 2026, Keenan ranked #16416 for girls in US births in 2024 and #1307 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #5236 for girls in 1979 and #354 for boys in 1997, Nameberry popularity #947 for boys.

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    New Zealand actress

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    Mariinsky Ballet dancer

  • Jenni Keenan GreenGirl

    Scottish actress

  • (Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah) Keenan WynnBoy

    American character actor

  • Keenan Alexander AllenBoy

    American NFL player

  • Keenan ReynoldsBoy

    American NFL player

  • Keenan Wayne McCardellBoy

    American NFL player

  • Keenan KaiBoy

    James Cornelius, American jiu,jitsu practitioner

  • Keenan RobinsonBoy

    American NFL player

  • Keenan CahillBoy

    American YouTuber

  • Keiynan LonsdaleBoy

    Australian actor, singer, and dancer

  • Seth Keenan EislerBoy

    son of pair skater Lloyd Edgar Eisler

  • Andrew KeenanBoy

    Bolger, American actor, singer and dancer

  • Maynard James KeenanBoy

    American lead singer of the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer

Keenan in pop culture

  • KeenanBoy

    character in Melissa Marr's "Wicked Lovely" series

  • KeenanBoy

    character in Sabaa Tahir's "An Ember in the Ashes."

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