Kelton
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · #3,314 for boys in 2025, 35 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2002 · 226 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,640since 1914
Kelton over time
Rank among boys' names. Kelton has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,314 | 35 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,418 | 57 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,660 | 49 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,717 | 48 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,853 | 83 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,895 | 78 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,614 | 102 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,762 | 87 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,554 | 105 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,443 | 120 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,416 | 121 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,188 | 155 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,135 | 160 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,008 | 196 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,101 | 168 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,159 | 159 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,036 | 185 | |
| 2008 | — | #932 | 218 | |
| 2007 | — | #940 | 211 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,008 | 182 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #953 | 183 |
| 2004 | — | #820 | 217 | |
| 2003 | — | #852 | 203 | |
| 2002 | — | #762 | 226 | |
| 2001 | — | #833 | 195 | |
| 2000 | — | #857 | 186 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #916 | 162 |
| 1998 | — | #847 | 172 | |
| 1997 | — | #795 | 185 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #799 | 180 |
| 1995 | — | #844 | 163 | |
| 1994 | — | #912 | 143 | |
| 1993 | — | #909 | 140 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #1,010 | 116 |
| 1991 | — | #1,055 | 105 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,049 | 102 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,294 | 71 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | — | #1,563 | 45 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,917 | 31 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,085 | 25 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,774 | 32 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,811 | 31 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,910 | 29 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,435 | 42 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,616 | 34 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,670 | 32 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,411 | 40 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,658 | 30 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,696 | 27 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,939 | 21 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,810 | 21 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,364 | 31 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,428 | 29 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,405 | 30 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,615 | 24 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,552 | 27 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,858 | 19 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,762 | 19 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,709 | 20 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,665 | 21 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,746 | 18 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
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| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kelton! It came in at #2,651, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kelton is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#192 · 1 in 947
- Oklahoma#290 · 1 in 1,906
- Arkansas#325 · 1 in 2,073
- Iowa#372 · 1 in 3,320
- Alabama#384 · 1 in 2,784
Best ever in a state: #140 in Utah, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #192 | 20 | 1 in 947 |
| Oklahoma | #290 | 10 | 1 in 1,906 |
| Arkansas | #325 | 7 | 1 in 2,073 |
| Iowa | #372 | 5 | 1 in 3,320 |
| Alabama | #384 | 9 | 1 in 2,784 |
| Mississippi | #415 | 6 | 1 in 2,524 |
| South Carolina | #444 | 6 | 1 in 3,275 |
| Texas | #522 | 33 | 1 in 4,723 |
| North Carolina | #523 | 10 | 1 in 4,588 |
| Missouri | #603 | 5 | 1 in 6,899 |
| Ohio | #854 | 5 | 1 in 14,064 |
| California | #1,652 | 7 | 1 in 36,221 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kelton
- 896 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #3,314)
- 1,419 spots since 2020 (#1,895 → #3,314)
- 1,898 spots since 2015 (#1,416 → #3,314)
- Biggest jump: 101 spots in 1993 (#1,010 → #909)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 2005 (#820 → #953)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2002 at #762 (226 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1993–2005
- Highest: 1 in 8,591 boys born in 2002 were named Kelton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 30.2% of all boys named Kelton (2,006) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | #1,878 (1915) | #2,670 |
| 1920s | 72 | #2,347 (1922) | #3,235 |
| 1930s | 104 | #1,532 (1939) | #2,296 |
| 1940s | 129 | #1,577 (1943) | #2,153 |
| 1950s | 172 | #1,665 (1952) | #1,911 |
| 1960s | 251 | #1,364 (1967) | #1,603 |
| 1970s | 310 | #1,411 (1976) | #1,645 |
| 1980s | 357 | #1,294 (1989) | #1,824 |
| 1990s | 1,468 | #795 (1997) | #914 |
| 2000s | 2,006 | #762 (2002) | #899 |
| 2010s | 1,373 | #1,008 (2012) | #1,338 |
| 2020s | 350 | #1,853 (2021) | #2,476 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kelton in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 292,168 of them was named Kelton, which outranked 25.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,567Zuly7
- #10,567Zury7
- #10,567Zyanya7
- #11,807Kelton6
- #11,807Aalayah6
- #11,807Aamna6
- #11,807Aarthi6
- #13,518Aaleeyah5
- #13,518Abbiegail5
- #13,518Abigahil5
Tied with 1,710 names at #11,807; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 10,524 of them was named Kelton, which outranked 92.4% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).