Boys' name · since 1972
Keyon
5,919 babies named Keyon in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,606 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,342 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,919
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keyon currently ranks #2342 among boys' names in America, with 5,919 babies recorded since 1972.
Keyon has 5,919 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2342 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #1,606 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,342 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,919 born since 1972
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keyon ranks #1,606 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,342 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,919 born since 1972, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,606 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,342 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,919
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keyon's 5,919 recorded births place it above 96.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Keyon compares
5,919 Top 12% higher than 88% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Keyon's all-time total is 16x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keyon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,919 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 249 | 34 | 22,252 |
Keyon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keyon's full recorded timeline at 1999, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 249 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keyon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 249
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Keyon popularity over time - girls
101 total births recorded since 1973 (Keyon as girls' name)
Keyon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,213 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Keyon's strongest decade.
2,213 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Keyon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 244
1970s
244 births
- 1980s 522
1980s
522 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,170 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,213 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,337 births
- 2020s 433
2020s
433 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,213 births (37% of all-time use).
How Keyon compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Keyon's total volume
Keyon by state
Where Keyon concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 494 | 8.3% |
| #2 | California | | 353 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 346 | 5.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 285 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 279 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 254 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Texas | | 238 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 234 | 4.0% |
494 of 5,919 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Keyon appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Keyon's data
- Keyon's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,213 total births); usage has since declined to 433 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Keyons (494 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keyon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1972–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Keyon 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 August 2026.