Keeton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEE-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Keeton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Keeton mean?
English: spelling of Keaton, an English place-based surname
A spelling of Keaton, an English surname from a place name; Buster Keaton made it famous in silent film comedy.
Is Keeton a girl's or a boy's name?
Keeton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keeton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Keeton, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Keeton 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 Keeton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #689, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
Keeton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,013 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Keeton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Deacon, Cannon, Kayden, Brayden, Aiden, Kian, Declan, Ronan, Finn, Finnegan, Kenan
Other spellings of Keeton
Names related to Keeton
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Keeton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keeton, updated 20 October 2026.