Select name box

This shortcut will move focus to the name box, located above column A:

The current selection on the worksheet is unaffected, so you can use this shortcut to quickly select the name box and define a new named range. F3 works in Windows only. However, on the Mac you can use another shortcut, F6, to cycle through "panes". It may take more than one click, but F6 will select the name box eventually.