How rare is the name Kelton?

5,373 people in the United States have the first name Kelton, about 1 in 56,213. It ranks #3,739 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KELTON

#3,739

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,373
About
1 in 56,213
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,373 people named Kelton, 64.3% reported their origin as White, 24.1% as Black and 5.4% as two or more races. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kelton peaked in 2002, when 226 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
226
In 2025*
35 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,666 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Kelton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,043. The largest share of babies named Kelton, 45.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#5,96448
1920s#6,39872
1930s#4,595104
1940s#4,401129
1950s#4,288172
1960s#3,842251
1970s#4,001310
1980s#4,237362
1990s#2,0821,484
2000s#2,0432,011
2010s#2,8591,373
2020s#5,035350
Greatest Generation 1901–271.5%
Silent Generation 1928–453%
Baby boom 1946–645.2%
Generation X 1965–807%
Millennials 1981–9619.4%
Generation Z 1997–1245.9%
2013 and later18%

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 Kelton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kelton has been most common in Utah (14×), Texas (3.8×), and Mississippi (3.5×), and least common in Michigan (0.39×).

3,394 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 Kelton

#3,737 Treva · 5,385#3,738 Tran · 5,384#3,740 Saniya · 5,371#3,741 Galilea · 5,370

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kelton, most common first.

#18,716 Keldon · 573

Also a last name

As a last name, Kelton ranks #12,399 of 156,621, with 2,392 people. See Kelton as a last name

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