Keyshun — boys' name
140 babies named Keyshun in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
140 boys have been named Keyshun since 1998, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2014.
- 140
- total births
- 1998–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 73%
- born in that decade
73% of everyone ever named Keyshun was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Keyshun in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keyshun
The Social Security Administration has registered 140 babies named Keyshun between 1998 and 2014, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keyshun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keyshun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Keyshun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Keyshun in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keyshun 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 140 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.
Keyshun at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keyshun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1998
- Peak year (2002)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
140 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 15 births in a single year.
Keyshun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 102 births that decade — 73% of Keyshun's all-time total
Keyshun decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Keyshun's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
Keyshun by state
Where Keyshun concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 3.6% |
5 of 140 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 3.6% 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, 1998–2014 (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.