Kelton
Kelton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 56 births. Its best rank was 765th, in 2002.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 560.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2002226 births
- Best rank
- #765in 2002
- Since 1914
- 6,604people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,604 boys have been named Kelton in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2002, with 226 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 30%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kelton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | |
| 1920s | 72 | |
| 1930s | 104 | |
| 1940s | 129 | |
| 1950s | 172 | |
| 1960s | 251 | |
| 1970s | 310 | |
| 1980s | 357 | |
| 1990s | 1,468 | |
| 2000s | 2,006 | |
| 2010s | 1,373 | |
| 2020s | 314 |
In 2002, its biggest year
Kelton was the 765th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2002 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2002.
Names that rose and fell with Kelton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brycepeak 2000
- Donovanpeak 2003
- Quintenpeak 2000
- Kolinpeak 2003
- Garrisonpeak 1999
- Blaynepeak 2009
- Christianpeak 2000
- Maximillianpeak 1999
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.