Given name
Keeghan
“small and fiery woman”·“a small and fiery man”
Keeghan is a variant of Keegan. Interpretations include “small and fiery woman” and “a small and fiery man”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Keeghan is a variant of Keegan. Interpretations include “small and fiery woman” and “a small and fiery man”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keeghan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 444
- 360 boys · 84 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,362 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −85%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,362 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 448 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Keeghan’s family of names
Keeghan has a related form in Keegan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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