Keston — #6579 US boys' name
813 babies named Keston in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Keston was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Keston in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keston
The Social Security Administration has registered 813 babies named Keston between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keston currently holds the #6579 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 304 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Keston shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Keston in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keston 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 813 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.
Keston at a glance
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Current rank
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Keston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (2010)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #6579 among boys.
813 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 43 births in a single year.
Keston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 304 births that decade — 37% of Keston's all-time total
Keston decade highlights
- Peak decade 304 births
- Runner-up 218 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Keston's strongest decade
304 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Keston by state
Where Keston concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 1.8% |
| #2 | Wisconsin | | 14 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
15 of 813 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.8% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 1.7% of nationwide
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1981–2024 (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.