Kelton
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · #3,314 for boys in 2025, 35 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2002 · 226 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,640since 1914
Kelton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kelton 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 | — | #3,314 | 35 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,418 | 57 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,660 | 49 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,717 | 48 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,853 | 83 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,895 | 78 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,614 | 102 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,762 | 87 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,554 | 105 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,443 | 120 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,416 | 121 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,188 | 155 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,135 | 160 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,008 | 196 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,101 | 168 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,159 | 159 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,036 | 185 | |
| 2008 | — | #932 | 218 | |
| 2007 | — | #940 | 211 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,008 | 182 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #953 | 183 |
| 2004 | — | #820 | 217 | |
| 2003 | — | #852 | 203 | |
| 2002 | — | #762 | 226 | |
| 2001 | — | #833 | 195 | |
| 2000 | — | #857 | 186 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #916 | 162 |
| 1998 | — | #847 | 172 | |
| 1997 | — | #795 | 185 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #799 | 180 |
| 1995 | — | #844 | 163 | |
| 1994 | — | #912 | 143 | |
| 1993 | — | #909 | 140 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #1,010 | 116 |
| 1991 | — | #1,055 | 105 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,049 | 102 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,294 | 71 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | — | #1,563 | 45 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,917 | 31 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,085 | 25 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,774 | 32 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,811 | 31 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,910 | 29 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,435 | 42 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,616 | 34 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,670 | 32 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,411 | 40 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,658 | 30 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,696 | 27 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,939 | 21 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,810 | 21 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,364 | 31 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,428 | 29 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,405 | 30 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,615 | 24 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,552 | 27 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,858 | 19 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,762 | 19 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,709 | 20 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,665 | 21 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,746 | 18 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
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| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Kelton! It came in at #2,651, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kelton is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Idaho#339 · 1 in 1,532
- Oklahoma#388 · 1 in 1,949
- Missouri#478 · 1 in 3,138
- Utah#502 · 1 in 2,964
- Arkansas#502 · 1 in 3,042
Best ever in a state: #140 in Utah, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #339 | 6 | 1 in 1,532 |
| Oklahoma | #388 | 11 | 1 in 1,949 |
| Missouri | #478 | 11 | 1 in 3,138 |
| Arkansas | #502 | 5 | 1 in 3,042 |
| Utah | #502 | 8 | 1 in 2,964 |
| Mississippi | #554 | 5 | 1 in 3,146 |
| Tennessee | #591 | 9 | 1 in 4,191 |
| Alabama | #616 | 6 | 1 in 4,184 |
| Texas | #649 | 36 | 1 in 5,255 |
| Minnesota | #714 | 5 | 1 in 5,967 |
| Indiana | #760 | 6 | 1 in 6,382 |
| Washington | #787 | 6 | 1 in 6,207 |
| Arizona | #808 | 6 | 1 in 7,234 |
| Ohio | #849 | 8 | 1 in 8,054 |
| North Carolina | #978 | 6 | 1 in 9,286 |
| Georgia | #1,006 | 7 | 1 in 8,741 |
| Florida | #1,125 | 9 | 1 in 11,167 |
| Illinois | #1,371 | 5 | 1 in 14,951 |
| California | #1,864 | 8 | 1 in 31,772 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 896 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #3,314)
- 1,419 spots since 2020 (#1,895 → #3,314)
- 1,898 spots since 2015 (#1,416 → #3,314)
- Biggest jump: 101 spots in 1993 (#1,010 → #909)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 2005 (#820 → #953)
Rise & fade · boys
88 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2002 at #762 (226 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1993–2005
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,591
- Highest: 1 in 8,591 boys born in 2002 were named Kelton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 30.2% of all boys named Kelton (2,006) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | #1,878 (1915) | #2,670 |
| 1920s | 72 | #2,347 (1922) | #3,235 |
| 1930s | 104 | #1,532 (1939) | #2,296 |
| 1940s | 129 | #1,577 (1943) | #2,153 |
| 1950s | 172 | #1,665 (1952) | #1,911 |
| 1960s | 251 | #1,364 (1967) | #1,603 |
| 1970s | 310 | #1,411 (1976) | #1,645 |
| 1980s | 357 | #1,294 (1989) | #1,824 |
| 1990s | 1,468 | #795 (1997) | #914 |
| 2000s | 2,006 | #762 (2002) | #899 |
| 2010s | 1,373 | #1,008 (2012) | #1,338 |
| 2020s | 350 | #1,853 (2021) | #2,476 |
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.
Kelton in 2008
boys
#932
218 births · 1 in 9,358 boys
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 9,358 of them was named Kelton, which outranked 93.6% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).