Keaton
Boy · KEE-ton · English
Keaton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 769th for boys in the US (333 babies).
What does Keaton mean?
English: from an English surname
From an English surname; Buster Keaton, the silent film comedian, is its most famous bearer.
- Say it
- KEE-ton
More on Wiktionary.
Is Keaton a girl's or a boy's name?
Keaton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 86 girls and 333 boys in the US.
How popular is Keaton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Keaton, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 896th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 132 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Keaton since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Keaton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Keaton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 36 | #896 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 45 | #796 |
| 2017 | 40 | #879 |
| 2016 | 49 | #762 |
| 2015 | 69 | #594 |
| 2014 | 74 | #565 |
| 2013 | 85 | #504 |
| 2012 | 81 | #521 |
| 2011 | 78 | #510 |
| 2010 | 74 | #527 |
| 2009 | 101 | #419 |
| 2008 | 95 | #436 |
| 2007 | 132 | #325 |
| 2006 | 115 | #333 |
| 2005 | 88 | #386 |
| 2004 | 96 | #342 |
| 2003 | 108 | #309 |
| 2002 | 67 | #393 |
| 2001 | 88 | #341 |
| 2000 | 107 | #291 |
| 1999 | 80 | #353 |
| 1998 | 73 | #365 |
| 1997 | 74 | #365 |
| 1996 | 42 | #479 |
How popular is Keaton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #769among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 333about 1 in 5,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 333 boys in the US were named Keaton, making it the 769th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 690th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 881 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925. 86 girls were also named Keaton in 2025 (2,153rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Keaton in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 363 boys in the US were given Keaton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #689, up from #769 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 21% of the babies named Keaton in the US were girls.
Keaton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 333 | #769 |
| 2024 | 288 | #845 |
| 2023 | 268 | #874 |
| 2022 | 315 | #797 |
| 2021 | 348 | #735 |
| 2020 | 369 | #690 |
| 2019 | 482 | #578 |
| 2018 | 518 | #544 |
| 2017 | 477 | #572 |
| 2016 | 548 | #535 |
| 2015 | 623 | #480 |
| 2014 | 694 | #438 |
| 2013 | 701 | #421 |
| 2012 | 750 | #394 |
| 2011 | 814 | #365 |
| 2010 | 804 | #367 |
| 2009 | 802 | #379 |
| 2008 | 833 | #368 |
| 2007 | 881 | #358 |
| 2006 | 781 | #382 |
| 2005 | 808 | #366 |
| 2004 | 794 | #354 |
| 2003 | 735 | #363 |
| 2002 | 670 | #389 |
| 2001 | 682 | #381 |
| 2000 | 761 | #353 |
| 1999 | 737 | #354 |
| 1998 | 717 | #363 |
| 1997 | 675 | #366 |
| 1996 | 525 | #429 |
| 1995 | 516 | #445 |
| 1994 | 444 | #480 |
| 1993 | 378 | #523 |
| 1992 | 374 | #522 |
| 1991 | 303 | #582 |
| 1990 | 283 | #591 |
| 1989 | 225 | #664 |
| 1988 | 163 | #738 |
| 1987 | 135 | #797 |
| 1986 | 131 | #792 |
| 1985 | 109 | #866 |
| 1984 | 69 | #1,075 |
| 1983 | 47 | #1,360 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
Names like Keaton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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