Keishon — boys' name
257 babies named Keishon in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
257 boys have been named Keishon since 1977, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 257
- total births
- 1977–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Keishon was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Keishon in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keishon
The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Keishon between 1977 and 2023, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keishon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keishon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Keishon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keishon 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 257 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.
Keishon at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keishon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1977
- Peak year (1998)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
257 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 26 births in a single year.
Keishon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 134 births that decade — 52% of Keishon's all-time total
Keishon decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 91 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Keishon's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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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, 1977–2023 (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.