Kelton

Where Kelton comes from

The dictionaries list Kelton as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1860
    Kelton B. Miller born
    American journalist and politician
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,651 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2002
    Peak, #762
    226 babies named Kelton — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,554.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name
Namesakes
  • Kelton B. Miller · American journalist and politician, 1860–1941

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.