Keshav — #2509 US boys' name
1,357 babies named Keshav in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Keshav was born in this single decade.
65 babies were named Keshav in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keshav
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,357 babies named Keshav between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keshav currently holds the #2509 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 65 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keshav performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 532 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Keshav shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 269 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Keshav in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keshav 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 1,357 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.
Keshav at a glance
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Current rank
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Keshav popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2023)
- 65
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #2509 among boys.
1,357 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 65 births in a single year.
Keshav by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 532 births that decade — 39% of Keshav's all-time total
Keshav decade highlights
- Peak decade 532 births
- Runner-up 421 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Keshav's strongest decade
532 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Keshav by state
Where Keshav concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 269 | 19.8% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 96 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 85 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 41 | 3.0% |
| #5 | New York | | 24 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.4% |
269 of 1,357 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 7.1% of nationwide
- Texas 6.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.0% of nationwide
- New York 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Keshav appears in 9 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, 1987–2024 (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.