Keylen — #6657 US boys' name
329 babies named Keylen in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 53% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Keylen was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Keylen in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keylen
The Social Security Administration has registered 329 babies named Keylen between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keylen currently holds the #6657 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Keylen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 255 additional births since 2002.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keylen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Keylen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Keylen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keylen 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 329 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.
Keylen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keylen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2006)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #6657 among boys.
329 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 21 births in a single year.
Keylen popularity over time — girls
255 total births recorded since 2002 (Keylen as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Keylen accounts for 44% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keylen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 139 births that decade — 42% of Keylen's all-time total
Keylen decade highlights
- Peak decade 139 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Keylen's strongest decade
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Keylen by state
Where Keylen concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 329 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.5% 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, 1997–2024 (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.