Boys' name · since 1997
Keson
36 babies named Keson in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 36
- total births
- 1997–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
36 boys have been named Keson since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keson has been recorded 36 times among boys since 1997, 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 1997 to 2017.
- 36 total births
- 1997–2017 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keson's 36 recorded births place it above 46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keson's full recorded timeline at 2008, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2017
- Peak year (2009)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Keson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Keson's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Keson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Keson's data
- Keson's decade-level peak was the 2000s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1997–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keson: Baby Name Since 1997 - 36 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keson. 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 Keson 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.