Keyon
- Last seen for girls in 1994 at #9,586
- #2,332 for boys in 2025, 59 births
- Given to boys 98.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2002 · 249 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,919since 1972
Keyon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Keyon has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #2,332 | 59 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,997 | 77 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,999 | 76 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,060 | 73 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,853 | 83 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,139 | 65 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,170 | 65 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,648 | 98 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,582 | 102 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,556 | 106 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,491 | 111 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,318 | 133 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,174 | 153 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,084 | 172 | |
| 2011 | — | #998 | 194 | |
| 2010 | — | #971 | 203 | |
| 2009 | — | #950 | 212 | |
| 2008 | — | #960 | 209 | |
| 2007 | — | #903 | 221 | |
| 2006 | — | #880 | 224 | |
| 2005 | — | #849 | 216 | |
| 2004 | — | #805 | 223 | |
| 2003 | — | #764 | 231 | |
| 2002 | — | #711 | 249 | |
| 2001 | — | #808 | 207 | |
| 2000 | — | #757 | 221 | |
| 1999 | — | #905 | 165 | |
| 1998 | — | #981 | 140 | |
| 1997 | — | #922 | 147 | |
| 1996 | — | #999 | 125 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,016 | 119 | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #1,078 | 107 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #1,266 | 80 |
| 1992 | — | #1,084 | 103 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,103 | 98 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #1,176 | 86 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #1,336 | 67 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | — | #1,506 | 47 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,725 | 36 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #1,265 | 53 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #1,264 | 54 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,095 | 69 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #1,238 | 55 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,255 | 54 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1977 | — | #1,407 | 42 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,541 | 35 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,787 | 27 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | #2,323 | 16 | |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Keyon! It came in at #2,323, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Keyon is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Florida | #1,478 | 7 | 1 in 13,648 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
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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 Keyon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 193 spots since 2020 (#2,139 → #2,332)
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 2000
- Biggest drop: 86 spots in 2012
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2002 at #711 (249 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1996–2011
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,797
- Highest: 1 in 7,797 boys born in 2002 were named Keyon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,950 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 37.4% of all boys named Keyon (2,213) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 244 | #1,255 (1979) | #2,127 |
| 1980s | 522 | #1,095 (1981) | #1,377 |
| 1990s | 1,170 | #905 (1999) | #1,053 |
| 2000s | 2,213 | #711 (2002) | #839 |
| 2010s | 1,337 | #971 (2010) | #1,399 |
| 2020s | 433 | #1,853 (2021) | #2,063 |
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.
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