Keshon — #10109 US boys' name
1,232 babies named Keshon in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Keshon was born in this single decade.
106 babies were named Keshon in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keshon
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,232 babies named Keshon between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keshon currently holds the #10109 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 106 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keshon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 623 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keshon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Keshon in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keshon 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 1,232 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.
Keshon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Keshon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2000)
- 106
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #10109 among boys.
1,232 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 106 births in a single year.
Keshon popularity over time — girls
48 total births recorded since 1992 (Keshon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Keshon accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keshon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 623 births that decade — 51% of Keshon's all-time total
Keshon decade highlights
- Peak decade 623 births
- Runner-up 350 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Keshon's strongest decade
623 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Keshon by state
Where Keshon concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 50 | 4.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 45 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 34 | 2.8% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 33 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 29 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 19 | 1.5% |
| #7 | California | | 15 | 1.2% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 13 | 1.1% |
50 of 1,232 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 4.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.7% of nationwide
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.7% of nationwide
- Florida 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Keshon appears in 14 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, 1975–2024 (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.