Keshaun — #5505 US boys' name
2,361 babies named Keshaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to boys today.
57% of everyone ever named Keshaun was born in this single decade.
166 babies were named Keshaun in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keshaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,361 babies named Keshaun between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keshaun currently holds the #5505 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 166 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keshaun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,336 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keshaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 139 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Keshaun in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keshaun 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 2,361 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.
Keshaun at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Keshaun popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2001)
- 166
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #5505 among boys.
2,361 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 166 births in a single year.
Keshaun popularity over time — girls
51 total births recorded since 1978 (Keshaun as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Keshaun accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keshaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,336 births that decade — 57% of Keshaun's all-time total
Keshaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,336 births
- Runner-up 445 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Keshaun's strongest decade
1,336 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Keshaun by state
Where Keshaun concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 139 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 125 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 122 | 5.2% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 111 | 4.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 99 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 95 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 89 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 75 | 3.2% |
139 of 2,361 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 5.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.3% of nationwide
- Texas 5.2% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.7% of nationwide
- New York 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 21 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Keshaun appears in 21 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, 1978–2024 (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.