Kelton
#1,466 most common boys' name of all time · #3,534 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1914–2025
Rank among boys
#1,466
Rank overall
#3,534 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
6,666
Since 2016
764
Peak year
2002 #765
Best rank
#765 2002
Girls
Boys
peak 226/yr
Kelton first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,321 |
| 2024 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,428 |
| 2023 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,666 |
| 2022 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,722 |
| 2021 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,858 |
| 2020 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,897 |
| 2019 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,619 |
| 2018 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,766 |
| 2017 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,559 |
| 2016 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,444 |
| 2015 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,419 |
| 2014 | — | 155 | 155 | #1,190 |
| 2013 | — | 160 | 160 | #1,137 |
| 2012 | — | 196 | 196 | #1,010 |
| 2011 | — | 168 | 168 | #1,103 |
| 2010 | — | 159 | 159 | #1,160 |
| 2009 | — | 185 | 185 | #1,037 |
| 2008 | — | 218 | 218 | #934 |
| 2007 | — | 211 | 211 | #941 |
| 2006 | — | 182 | 182 | #1,012 |
| 2005 | 5 | 183 | 188 | #955 |
| 2004 | — | 217 | 217 | #822 |
| 2003 | — | 203 | 203 | #854 |
| 2002 | — | 226 | 226 | #765 |
| 2001 | — | 195 | 195 | #835 |
| 2000 | — | 186 | 186 | #858 |
| 1999 | 5 | 162 | 167 | #918 |
| 1998 | — | 172 | 172 | #850 |
| 1997 | — | 185 | 185 | #796 |
| 1996 | 6 | 180 | 186 | #799 |
| 1995 | — | 163 | 163 | #845 |
| 1994 | — | 143 | 143 | #914 |
| 1993 | — | 140 | 140 | #910 |
| 1992 | 5 | 116 | 121 | #1,013 |
| 1991 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,059 |
| 1990 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,051 |
| 1989 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,298 |
| 1988 | 5 | 40 | 45 | #1,749 |
| 1987 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,573 |
| 1986 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,937 |
| 1985 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,888 |
| 1984 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,314 |
| 1983 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,102 |
| 1982 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,792 |
| 1981 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,840 |
| 1980 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,936 |
| 1979 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,443 |
| 1978 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,631 |
| 1977 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,689 |
| 1976 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,420 |
| 1975 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,681 |
| 1974 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,715 |
| 1973 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,716 |
| 1972 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,793 |
| 1971 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,584 |
| 1970 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1969 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,833 |
| 1968 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,934 |
| 1967 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,382 |
| 1966 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,443 |
| 1965 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,421 |
| 1964 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,637 |
| 1963 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,539 |
| 1962 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,615 |
| 1961 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,564 |
| 1960 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,896 |
| 1959 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,162 |
| 1958 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,227 |
| 1957 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,994 |
| 1956 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,806 |
| 1955 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,026 |
| 1954 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,810 |
| 1953 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1952 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,692 |
| 1951 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,324 |
| 1950 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,806 |
| 1949 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,727 |
| 1948 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,643 |
| 1947 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,074 |
| 1945 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 1944 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,068 |
| 1943 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,629 |
| 1942 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,662 |
| 1941 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,067 |
| 1940 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,164 |
| 1939 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1938 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,968 |
| 1937 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,975 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,585 |
| 1935 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,522 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,270 |
| 1931 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,605 |
| 1930 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,957 |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,160 |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,008 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,994 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,941 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,700 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1922 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,471 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,714 |
| 1920 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,129 |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,604 |
| 1918 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,847 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1915 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,885 |