Keithen — boys' name

What the Data Says About Keithen

The Social Security Administration has registered 579 babies named Keithen between 1964 and 2023, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keithen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keithen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Keithen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Keithen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keithen 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 579 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.