Keishawn — #11240 US boys' name
767 babies named Keishawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Keishawn was born in this single decade.
50 babies were named Keishawn in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keishawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 767 babies named Keishawn between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keishawn currently holds the #11240 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 50 babies received it in a single year. Keishawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 63 additional births since 1984.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keishawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 372 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Keishawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Keishawn in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keishawn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 767 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Keishawn at a glance
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Current rank
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Keishawn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (1999)
- 50
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #11240 among boys.
767 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 50 births in a single year.
Keishawn popularity over time — girls
63 total births recorded since 1984 (Keishawn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Keishawn accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keishawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 372 births that decade — 49% of Keishawn's all-time total
Keishawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 372 births
- Runner-up 202 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Keishawn's strongest decade
372 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Keishawn by state
Where Keishawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 32 | 4.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 20 | 2.6% |
| #3 | California | | 15 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.7% |
32 of 767 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 4.2% of nationwide
- New York 2.6% of nationwide
- California 2.0% of nationwide
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.