Kelton — #2443 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kelton

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,604 babies named Kelton between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kelton currently holds the #2443 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 226 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,006 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Kelton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 988 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelton in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelton 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 6,604 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.