Boys' name · since 1980
Keelon
Keelon has 99 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 99
- total births
- 1980–2018
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
Keelon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 99 recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keelon has been recorded 99 times among boys since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2018.
- 99 total births
- 1980–2018 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keelon's 99 recorded births place it above 62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keelon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keelon's full recorded timeline at 2003, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keelon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2018
- Peak year (2011)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Keelon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Keelon's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Keelon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
40 births
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 40 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Keelon's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2010s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1980–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keelon: Baby Name Since 1980 - 99 Births, Peak 2011." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keelon. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Keelon 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 July 2026.