Keyshawn
- Last seen for girls in 1999 at #12,688
- #3,658 for boys in 2025, 30 births
- Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Around 1996: Keyshawn Johnson drafted first
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 430 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,059since 1983
Keyshawn over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Keyshawn has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | #3,658 | 30 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,045 | 40 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,566 | 32 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,648 | 50 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,011 | 26 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,136 | 36 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,201 | 36 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,446 | 32 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,840 | 42 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,838 | 42 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,809 | 42 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,929 | 39 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,225 | 58 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,066 | 66 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,738 | 84 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,612 | 97 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,381 | 123 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,211 | 145 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,118 | 162 | |
| 2006 | — | #954 | 195 | |
| 2005 | — | #980 | 177 | |
| 2004 | — | #757 | 242 | |
| 2003 | — | #680 | 285 | |
| 2002 | — | #673 | 275 | |
| 2001 | — | #618 | 307 | |
| 2000 | — | #520 | 430 | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #593 | 323 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #795 | 192 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #767 | 194 |
| 1996 | — | #780 | 187 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,178 | 37 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
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| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1983
The first year at least five boys were named Keyshawn! It came in at #6,238, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1989, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Keyshawn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Keyshawn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Keyshawn
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 522 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #3,658)
- Biggest jump: 1,398 spots in 1996
- Biggest drop: 223 spots in 2005
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1983
- Peaked 2000 at #520 (430 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1996–2006
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,567
- Highest: 1 in 4,567 boys born in 2000 were named Keyshawn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 56,936 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 57.7% of all boys named Keyshawn (2,341) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #6,238 (1983) | #6,238 |
| 1990s | 961 | #593 (1999) | #3,572 |
| 2000s | 2,341 | #520 (2000) | #889 |
| 2010s | 538 | #1,612 (2010) | #2,570 |
| 2020s | 214 | #2,648 (2022) | #3,344 |
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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