Boys' name · since 1984
Katon
40 babies named Katon in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,722 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
40 boys have been named Katon since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Katon has 40 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2016.
- #23,722 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 40 born since 1984
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katon ranks #23,722 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1984, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,722 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Katon's 40 recorded births place it above 47.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Katon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Katon's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Katon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2016
- Peak year (1995)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Katon by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (15 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Katon's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Katon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 15 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Katon's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Katon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.