Boys' name · since 1989
Keaten
Keaten has 358 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 358
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keaten sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 358 recorded since 1989.
Social Security Administration records show Keaten recorded 358 times among boys since 1989, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2020.
- #9,632 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 358 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keaten ranks #9,632 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 358 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 358
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keaten's 358 recorded births place it above 78.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keaten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keaten's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keaten popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2020
- Peak year (2006)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Keaten popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2007 (Keaten as girls' name)
Keaten by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (180 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Keaten's strongest decade.
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Keaten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 65
1990s
65 births
- 2000s
2000s
180 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 180 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Keaten's decade-level peak was the 2000s (180 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~31 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, 1989–2020 (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 Keaten 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.