Keary

Boy · recorded 1949–1999

  • 1999last recorded
  • 1974best year

Most popular in 1974.

Last recorded in 1999. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Keary.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1949

0112119491962197419871999

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 45 recorded years as a table
Keary, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19499
19509
19518
19526
19534
19545
19556
19563
19574
19583
19592
19614
19625
19633
19644
19655
19679
19689
196911
197015
197116
197219
197313
197421
197513
197613
197712
197810
19799
19804
19813
19827
19834
19843
19856
19865
19875
19885
19908
19915
19923
19946
19953
19973
19993

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Keary isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1999
6
Rank in 1999
#8,704
How rare
1 in 320,025 boys
Since 1949
580

Keary was last recorded in 1999. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1974, at 21 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Keary doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.