How rare is the name Keyon?

4,297 people in the United States have the first name Keyon, about 1 in 70,289. It ranks #4,377 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KEYON

#4,377

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,297
About
1 in 70,289
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,297 people named Keyon, 83.8% reported their origin as Black, 7.2% as two or more races and 4.5% as White. 96.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Keyon peaked in 2002, when 249 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19722025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
249
In 2025*
59 ▼76%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,020 babies have been given the name since 1972. 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.

Keyon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,914. The largest share of babies named Keyon, 53.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#4,502263
1980s#3,085583
1990s#2,4041,191
2000s#1,9142,213
2010s#2,9211,337
2020s#4,396433
Generation X 1965–805.4%
Millennials 1981–9620.9%
Generation Z 1997–1253.7%
2013 and later20%

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 Keyon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Keyon has been most common in Maryland (4.6×), Florida (3.6×), and Georgia (3.1×), and least common in Tennessee (0.58×).

3,957 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.

Exactly as common as Keyon

1 other first name also has 4,297 people.

#4,377 Brecken · 4,297

Either side of Keyon

#4,375 Madisen · 4,298#4,377 Brecken · 4,297#4,379 Kolten · 4,296#4,380 Ariane · 4,294

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Keyon, most common first.

#3,211 Keon · 6,703#6,949 Keyona · 2,249#7,370 Keion · 2,076#11,138 Keyan · 1,168#36,405 Kewon · 218#45,829 Keyun · 147#46,679 Keeon · 142#47,034 Keyen · 140

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