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Kelton

Gender
Boy
Say it
KEL-tun
Origin
English
US rank, 2025
#3,313 for boys

Kelton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).

Where does Kelton come from?

English: from a surname or place name

More on Wiktionary.

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

Kelton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kelton in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 13 boys.

Half of all the boys named Kelton in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 13 in 19972020
Kelton in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20204#4,025
20193#4,913
20183#4,959
20173#4,995
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20126#3,167
20113#4,837
20108#2,534
20094#3,909
20086#2,906
20076#2,873
20068#2,193
20055#2,885
20046#2,399
20035#2,574
20024#2,751
20014#2,714
20006#1,977
199911#1,267
19987#1,727
199713#1,111
19963#2,949

How popular is Kelton in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,313among boys
Babies in 2025
35about 1 in 49,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 47% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Kelton, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,895th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 226 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.

2025 had fewer boys named Kelton than any year since 1986.

Half of all the boys named Kelton in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1914Busiest: 226 in 20022025
Kelton in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202535#3,313
202457#2,418
202349#2,659
202248#2,715
202183#1,852
202078#1,895
2019102#1,614
201887#1,762
2017105#1,554
2016120#1,443
2015121#1,416
2014155#1,188
2013160#1,135
2012196#1,008
2011168#1,101
2010159#1,159
2009185#1,036
2008218#932
2007211#940
2006182#1,008
2005183#952
2004217#819
2003203#851
2002226#761
2001195#832
2000186#855
1999162#914
1998172#846
1997185#793
1996180#797
1995163#841
1994143#909
1993140#907
1992116#1,007
1991105#1,049
1990102#1,045
198971#1,289
198840#1,726
198745#1,561
198631#1,915
198531#1,865
198422#2,291
198325#2,084
198232#1,773
198131#1,810
198029#1,910
197942#1,435
197834#1,616
197732#1,670
197640#1,411
197530#1,657
197428#1,692
197327#1,696
197225#1,771
197131#1,559
197021#1,938
196921#1,809
196818#1,893
196731#1,363
196629#1,427
196530#1,404
196424#1,614
196327#1,512
196225#1,587
196127#1,551
196019#1,857
195915#2,110
195814#2,176
195717#1,951
195620#1,764
195516#1,978
195419#1,761
195320#1,708
195221#1,664
195112#2,245
195018#1,745
19499#2,605
194821#1,610
194715#1,987
19467#2,918
194510#2,241
194413#1,987
194320#1,576
19429#2,522
194113#1,997
194012#2,081
193919#1,532
193814#1,901
193714#1,913
19369#2,451
193512#2,127
193410#2,393
19330–
19327#3,091
193110#2,470
19309#2,779
19298#2,978
19289#2,842
19276#3,778
19266#3,706
19250–
19247#3,504
19237#3,465
192213#2,346
19217#3,516
19209#2,966
19197#3,390
191810#2,698
19179#2,731
19160–
191515#1,877
19147#2,650

Nicknames for Kelton

Names like Kelton

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

Ryan Dylan Mason Aaron Ethan Grayson Cameron Hayden Kian Nathan Hudson Logan

Names related to Kelton

Kolton Klayton Koleton Kohlton Kelten

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kelton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelton, updated 20 October 2026.