Keiton — boys' name
282 babies named Keiton in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
282 boys have been named Keiton since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2021.
- 282
- total births
- 1990–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Keiton was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Keiton in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keiton
The Social Security Administration has registered 282 babies named Keiton between 1990 and 2021, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keiton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keiton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Keiton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keiton 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 282 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.
Keiton at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keiton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1990
- Peak year (2007)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
282 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 19 births in a single year.
Keiton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 121 births that decade — 43% of Keiton's all-time total
Keiton decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 106 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Keiton's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1990–2021 (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.