How Many People Are Named Keaton?

23,095

people named Keaton are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 14,799 people in the US has this name

Based on 23,505 babies named Keaton in Social Security records from 1925 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,495

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#634

See the top 100

Peak Year

2007

930 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Modern)
Pronunciation: KEE-tən
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "shed town" in Old English.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
6.1%
Male
93.9%

Of the babies given the name Keaton, 6.1% were girls and 93.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Keaton rose from 0% in the 1970s to 10% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Keaton alive today is about 19 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 26 in 2025.

Under 30 19,678
85.2%
30 to 59 3,412
14.8%
60 and over 4
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Keaton first appears in the records in 1925 and was given most often in 2007, to 930 babies. In 2025, 419 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1925 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Keaton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #353, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #771.

Boys
Rank in 2025#771
Best rank#353 (2000)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#372 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Keaton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Keaton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,161 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Keaton was given 4.7 times as often in Iowa, 3.6 times in North Dakota and 3.3 times in Montana.

Texas 2,161
California 1,274
Indiana 1,041
Ohio 939
Iowa 880
Missouri 852
Illinois 849
Utah 763
Tennessee 701
Kentucky 689
Florida 679
Michigan 673
Oklahoma 650
Kansas 588
Georgia 575
Washington 524
North Carolina 517
Wisconsin 506
Pennsylvania 482
Colorado 451
Minnesota 450
Arkansas 441
Arizona 342
Virginia 315
Oregon 308
Nebraska 298
Alabama 288
New York 272
Louisiana 243
South Carolina 217
Idaho 208
Mississippi 200
North Dakota 156
Montana 153
West Virginia 144
South Dakota 110
Maryland 78
Nevada 62
Massachusetts 43
Wyoming 29
New Jersey 26
New Mexico 15
Connecticut 13
Alaska 10
New Hampshire 5

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