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Keaten

Gender
Boy
Say it
KEE-ton
Origin
English

Keaten is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Keaten mean?

English: spelling of Keaton; from an English surname

From an English surname; Buster Keaton, the silent film comedian, is its most famous bearer.

Meaning borrowed from Keaton. More on Wiktionary.

Is Keaten a girl's or a boy's name?

Keaten is a boys' name.

How popular is Keaten in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.

Half of all the boys named Keaten in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1989Busiest: 29 in 20062020
Keaten in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20206#10,599
20190–
20185#12,150
20175#12,241
20169#8,141
201510#7,486
201413#6,303
201311#7,021
201217#5,250
201111#7,002
201021#4,516
200915#5,796
200813#6,388
200721#4,491
200629#3,522
200519#4,459
200421#4,124
200321#3,971
200218#4,316
200114#5,135
20009#6,832
199913#5,029
199813#4,868
19975#9,259
19968#6,489
19959#5,922
19946#7,764
19930–
19920–
19916#7,263
19905#8,108
19895#7,898

Names like Keaten

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Keaten: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keaten, updated 20 October 2026.