Kestyn — boys' name
23 babies named Kestyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
23 boys have been named Kestyn since 2014, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 23
- total births
- 2014–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
74% of everyone ever named Kestyn was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Kestyn in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kestyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Kestyn between 2014 and 2025, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kestyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kestyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kestyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kestyn 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 23 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.
Kestyn at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kestyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2014
- Peak year (2018)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
23 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 11 births in a single year.
Kestyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 17 births that decade — 74% of Kestyn's all-time total
Kestyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kestyn's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
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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, 2014–2025 (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.