Kelten — boys' name
103 babies named Kelten in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
103 boys have been named Kelten since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2017.
- 103
- total births
- 1999–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Kelten was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Kelten in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kelten
The Social Security Administration has registered 103 babies named Kelten between 1999 and 2017, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kelten currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelten performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kelten shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kelten 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 103 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.
Kelten at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kelten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1999
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
103 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 11 births in a single year.
Kelten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 53 births that decade — 51% of Kelten's all-time total
Kelten decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kelten's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 1999–2017 (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.