Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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