Keary*
#6,054 most common boys' name of all time · #15,062 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1949–2004 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#6,054
Rank overall
#15,062 of 105,966
First appeared
1949
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
684
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1974 #1,537
Best rank
#1,537 1974
Girls
Boys
peak 40/yr
Keary first appears in 1949. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,926 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,383 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,164 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,208 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,758 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,887 |
| 1990 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,673 |
| 1988 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #4,902 |
| 1987 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #4,363 |
| 1986 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #4,263 |
| 1985 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,688 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,641 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,106 |
| 1982 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #3,585 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,619 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,681 |
| 1979 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,839 |
| 1978 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,621 |
| 1977 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,414 |
| 1976 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,219 |
| 1975 | 9 | 20 | 29 | #2,262 |
| 1974 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #1,537 |
| 1973 | 10 | 21 | 31 | #2,024 |
| 1972 | 6 | 31 | 37 | #1,555 |
| 1971 | 10 | 29 | 39 | #1,662 |
| 1970 | 9 | 27 | 36 | #1,695 |
| 1969 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #1,968 |
| 1968 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,091 |
| 1967 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #2,123 |
| 1965 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #2,940 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,526 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,561 |
| 1962 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,295 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,438 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,511 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,221 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,494 |
| 1955 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,424 |
| 1954 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,580 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,400 |
| 1952 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,511 |
| 1951 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,877 |
| 1949 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,940 |