Boys' name · since 1990
Keiton
Keiton has 282 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 282
- total births
- 1990–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
Keiton sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 282 recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Keiton recorded 282 times among boys since 1990, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2021.
- 282 total births
- 1990–2021 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 43% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keiton's 282 recorded births place it above 76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keiton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keiton's full recorded timeline at 2007, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keiton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2021
- Peak year (2007)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Keiton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Keiton's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Keiton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
121 births
- 2010s
2010s
106 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 121 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Keiton's decade-level peak was the 2000s (121 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1990–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keiton: Baby Name Since 1990 - 282 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keiton. 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 Keiton 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.