Keyshon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Keyshon

The Social Security Administration has registered 339 babies named Keyshon between 1996 and 2014, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keyshon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keyshon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 238 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Keyshon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Keyshon in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keyshon 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 339 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.