Boys' name · since 2014
Kestyn
Kestyn has 23 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 23
- total births
- 2014–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
23 boys have been named Kestyn since 2014, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kestyn has 23 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- 23 total births
- 2014–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 74% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kestyn's 23 recorded births place it above 38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kestyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kestyn's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kestyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Kestyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kestyn's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Kestyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (74% of all-time use).
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- Kestyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kestyn: Baby Name Since 2014 - 23 Births, Peak 2018." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kestyn. 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 Kestyn 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.