Keshawn — #2402 US boys' name
5,988 babies named Keshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Keshawn was born in this single decade.
380 babies were named Keshawn in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,988 babies named Keshawn between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keshawn currently holds the #2402 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 380 babies received it in a single year. Keshawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 342 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keshawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,993 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 453 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Keshawn in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keshawn 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 5,988 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.
Keshawn at a glance
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Keshawn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2000)
- 380
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #2402 among boys.
5,988 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 380 births in a single year.
Keshawn popularity over time — girls
342 total births recorded since 1975 (Keshawn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Keshawn accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,993 births that decade — 50% of Keshawn's all-time total
Keshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,993 births
- Runner-up 1,477 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Keshawn's strongest decade
2,993 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Keshawn by state
Where Keshawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 453 | 7.6% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 390 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 374 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 338 | 5.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 293 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 286 | 4.8% |
| #7 | California | | 284 | 4.7% |
| #8 | New York | | 239 | 4.0% |
453 of 5,988 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 7.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.5% of nationwide
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Keshawn appears in 28 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, 1973–2024 (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.