girls:
1.3k births since 1982
#4420 (23rd percentile)
boys:
21.5k births since 1925
#781 (83rd percentile)
overall:
22.8k births since 1925
#1679 (78th percentile)
The name Keaton is the #1,679 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 22,758 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 78.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 78.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #781 (83.0% percentile) for all time with 21,455 births since 1925. For girls, it ranks #4,420 (22.7% percentile) for all time with 1,303 births since 1982.
Keaton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (1925 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Keaton is available in 56 out of the 99 years between 1925 and 2023 (56 years for boys and 41 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Keaton has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 89.6% of babies named Keaton were boys.
For boys, Keaton reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 61.5% percentile (ranked #341) with 398 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 401 births per million (ranked 60.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Keaton ranks #651 for boys (28.6% percentile) with 146 births per million, which is 36.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Keaton reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #883) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Keaton ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 59.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keaton".
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