Keshawn
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
Given to boys 94.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 380 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,029since 1973
Keshawn over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #2,991 | 41 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,393 | 58 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,541 | 52 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,053 | 40 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,134 | 67 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,977 | 72 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,150 | 66 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,325 | 57 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,958 | 73 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,875 | 79 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,804 | 83 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,857 | 79 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,427 | 116 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,346 | 126 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,305 | 131 | |
| 2010 | — | #997 | 196 | |
| 2009 | — | #883 | 238 | |
| 2008 | — | #872 | 243 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #831 | 259 |
| 2006 | — | #823 | 247 | |
| 2005 | — | #736 | 275 | |
| 2004 | — | #634 | 332 | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #603 | 350 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #644 | 301 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #565 | 368 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #555 | 380 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #596 | 319 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | #658 | 262 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #661 | 248 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #707 | 224 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | #1,043 | 114 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #1,231 | 88 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #1,358 | 71 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #1,598 | 55 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #1,632 | 51 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #1,755 | 45 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #2,035 | 31 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #5,464 | 5 |
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| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Keshawn! It came in at #4,505, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1975, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Keshawn is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#305 · 1 in 1,490
- Arkansas#345 · 1 in 1,669
- South Carolina#396 · 1 in 2,170
- Missouri#478 · 1 in 3,042
- Alabama#504 · 1 in 3,020
Best ever in a state: #200 in Mississippi, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #305 | 10 | 1 in 1,490 |
| Arkansas | #345 | 9 | 1 in 1,669 |
| South Carolina | #396 | 10 | 1 in 2,170 |
| Missouri | #478 | 11 | 1 in 3,042 |
| Alabama | #504 | 8 | 1 in 3,020 |
| North Carolina | #505 | 16 | 1 in 3,365 |
| Kentucky | #533 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Georgia | #571 | 16 | 1 in 3,689 |
| Illinois | #576 | 18 | 1 in 4,031 |
| Indiana | #589 | 9 | 1 in 4,154 |
| Michigan | #657 | 10 | 1 in 4,936 |
| Tennessee | #752 | 6 | 1 in 6,054 |
| Maryland | #761 | 5 | 1 in 5,751 |
| Louisiana | #799 | 5 | 1 in 5,008 |
| Florida | #804 | 15 | 1 in 6,353 |
| Virginia | #838 | 6 | 1 in 7,026 |
| Ohio | #862 | 8 | 1 in 7,832 |
| Texas | #951 | 20 | 1 in 9,323 |
| New York | #1,122 | 10 | 1 in 10,771 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,128 | 5 | 1 in 12,424 |
| California | #2,033 | 7 | 1 in 34,592 |
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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 Keshawn
- 598 spots since 2024 (#2,393 → #2,991)
- 1,014 spots since 2020 (#1,977 → #2,991)
- 1,187 spots since 2015 (#1,804 → #2,991)
- Biggest jump: 336 spots in 1996 (#1,043 → #707)
- Biggest drop: 308 spots in 2011 (#997 → #1,305)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2000 at #555 (380 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1996–2010
- Highest: 1 in 5,168 boys born in 2000 were named Keshawn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 49.6% of all boys named Keshawn (2,993) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1987, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 56 | #2,946 (1976) | #3,980 |
| 1980s | 167 | #2,035 (1988) | #3,211 |
| 1990s | 1,477 | #596 (1999) | #1,124 |
| 2000s | 2,993 | #555 (2000) | #715 |
| 2010s | 1,006 | #997 (2010) | #1,704 |
| 2020s | 330 | #1,977 (2020) | #2,515 |
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.
Keshawn in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 8,334 of them was named Keshawn, which outranked 93.9% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #879Quinten240
- #881Dilan239
- #881Keon239
- #883Keshawn238
- #883Adolfo238
- #883Krish238
- #883Lyric238
- #888Darien236
- #889Darryl235
- #889Todd235
Tied with 4 names at #883; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.