Boys' name · since 1991
Keshan
Keshan has 62 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 62
- total births
- 1991–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
62 boys have been named Keshan since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keshan has been recorded 62 times among boys since 1991, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2018.
- 62 total births
- 1991–2018 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 45% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keshan's 62 recorded births place it above 54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keshan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keshan's full recorded timeline at 2001, 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 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keshan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2018
- Peak year (2000)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Keshan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Keshan's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Keshan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Keshan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2010s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1991–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keshan: Baby Name Since 1991 - 62 Births, Peak 2000." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keshan. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Keshan 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 July 2026.