first name
KEATON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,688 people named Keaton, 83.1% reported their origin as White, 6.1% as two or more races and 4.3% as Black. 94% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Keaton peaked in 2007, when 930 babies got the name.
At least 23,505 babies have been given the name since 1925. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Keaton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #746. The largest share of babies named Keaton, 55.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Keaton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Keaton has been most common in Utah (4.6×), Iowa (3.3×), and Kansas (2.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.09×).
20,559 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Keaton
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Keaton, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Keaton ranks #3,974 of 156,621, with 8,660 people. See Keaton as a last name
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