Keaton

Where Keaton comes from

A variant of Caton or Keeton, or a habitational name from Keaton in Ermington, Devon, possibly derived from Welsh cae (“hedge, enclosure”) + Middle English toun (“farmstead, settlement”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Keaton
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1925
    First appearance
    #4,197 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Keaton Henson born
    English musician and artist
  3. 1999
    Keaton Wallace born
    American basketball player
  4. 2000
    Peak, #353
    761 babies named Keaton — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #690.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Keaton Henson · English musician and artist, born 1988
  • Keaton Wallace · American basketball player, born 1999
  • Keaton Ellerby · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1988
  • Keaton Yamada · Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator, born 1945
  • Keaton Nankivil · American basketball player, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.