Keon — #1155 US boys' name
9,014 babies named Keon in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Keon was born in this single decade.
323 babies were named Keon in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keon
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,014 babies named Keon between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keon currently holds the #1155 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 323 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,796 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 814 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Keon in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keon 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 9,014 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.
Keon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Keon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2003)
- 323
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #1155 among boys.
9,014 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 323 births in a single year.
Keon popularity over time — girls
152 total births recorded since 1974 (Keon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Keon accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,796 births that decade — 31% of Keon's all-time total
Keon decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,796 births
- Runner-up 2,113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Keon's strongest decade
2,796 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Keon by state
Where Keon concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 814 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Maryland | | 602 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 578 | 6.4% |
| #4 | California | | 575 | 6.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 540 | 6.0% |
| #6 | Texas | | 460 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 439 | 4.9% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 386 | 4.3% |
814 of 9,014 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 9.0% of nationwide
- Maryland 6.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 6.4% of nationwide
- California 6.4% of nationwide
- New York 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Keon appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1970–2024 (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.