Unisex name · since 1975
Keron
970 babies named Keron in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,233 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 970
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keron is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 970 have been recorded since 1975.
Keron has 970 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2024.
- #5,233 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 970 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keron ranks #5,233 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 970 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,233 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 970
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keron's 970 recorded births place it above 88.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Keron's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keron's full recorded timeline at 2000, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 43 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keron popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2024
- Peak year (1993)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Keron popularity over time - girls
76 total births recorded since 1947 (Keron as girls' name)
Keron by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (308 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Keron's strongest decade.
308 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Keron births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 47
1970s
47 births
- 1980s
1980s
127 births
- 1990s
1990s
308 births
- 2000s
2000s
305 births
- 2010s
2010s
146 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 308 births (32% of all-time use).
How Keron compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Keron's total volume
Keron by state
Where Keron concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 64 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #6 | California | | 5 | 0.5% |
64 of 970 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Keron's data
- Keron's decade-level peak was the 1990s (308 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Kerons (64 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keron: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1975–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Keron 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 August 2026.