Kelton
Kelton was given to 35 boys in 2025, #3,349 among boys’ names; 6,666 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,130 Americans named Kelton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 23 years old and half are between 15 and 32.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kelton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Kelton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Kelton is “a male given name”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Kelton?
#3,349 among boys’ names, 2025
Kelton fell from #1,423 in 2015 to #3,349 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 63.1 to 20.5 per million.
226 babies in 2002, the peak
Kelton peaked in 2002, when 226 boys were given it, #764 among boys’ names. The 35 births of 2025 are 15% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,349 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,433 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 49 | #2,676 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,736 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 83 | #1,861 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 78 | #1,905 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 102 | #1,616 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 87 | #1,770 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,562 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 120 | #1,449 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 121 | #1,423 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 155 | #1,194 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 160 | #1,137 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 196 | #1,010 | 0.10 |
| 2011 | 168 | #1,104 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 159 | #1,160 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 185 | #1,037 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 218 | #934 | 0.11 |
| 2007 | 211 | #942 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 182 | #1,012 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 183 | #955 | 0.09 |
| 2004 | 217 | #821 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 203 | #852 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 226 | #764 | 0.12 |
| 2001 | 195 | #835 | 0.10 |
| 2000 | 186 | #856 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 162 | #916 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 172 | #849 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 185 | #793 | 0.10 |
| 1996 | 180 | #797 | 0.10 |
| 1995 | 163 | #841 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 143 | #911 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 140 | #909 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 116 | #1,009 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 105 | #1,052 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 102 | #1,046 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,294 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,748 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,578 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,940 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,892 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,328 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,118 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,795 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,834 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,936 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,450 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,635 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,689 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 40 | #1,421 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,683 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,728 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,721 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,796 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,578 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,961 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,837 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,925 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 31 | #1,378 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,439 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,419 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,635 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,527 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,602 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 27 | #1,561 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,884 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,160 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,219 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,990 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,786 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,005 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,792 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,743 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 21 | #1,686 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,306 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,781 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,707 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,632 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,028 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,036 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,322 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,040 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,610 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,612 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,049 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,133 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,556 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,936 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,954 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,534 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,192 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,481 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,233 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,564 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,890 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,116 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,953 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,984 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,962 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,678 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,652 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,414 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,707 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,084 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,581 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,792 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,849 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,927 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,792 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Kelton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kelton has been given almost only to boys: 26 girls in 109 years of records.
Girls and boys named Kelton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kelton, and how old are they?
6,130 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 6,666 Americans ever recorded as Kelton. The median Kelton alive today is 23 years old; half are between 15 and 32.
The 2020 Census counted 5,373 people named Kelton (98 women and girls, 5,275 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,912 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 44 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 235 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 414 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,240 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,010 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,190 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Kelton born?
The states with the most babies named Kelton are Texas, Utah and California, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Utah is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 988 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Utah | 408 | not ranked | 4.9× |
| California | 224 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Mississippi | 152 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Georgia | 150 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Oklahoma | 141 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Tennessee | 133 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Alabama | 132 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Florida | 130 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 119 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Kelton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Kelton is most over-represented in Utah: since 1914 it was given 4.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Kelton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 6,853 babies since 1880, Kelton is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 35 of their 35 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kelton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Kelton and names like it
- Compare Kelton and KeltenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sKelton peaked in 2002.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kelton since 1910.
- The top names of 2002The year the most babies were named Kelton.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Kelton alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with KMost given first.