Given name
Keygan
“small and fiery woman”·“a small and fiery man”
Keygan 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
Keygan 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 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keygan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 408
- 397 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −90%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 394 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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