Keshawn
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
Given to boys 94.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 380 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,029since 1973
Keshawn over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #2,991 | 41 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,393 | 58 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,541 | 52 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,053 | 40 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,134 | 67 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,977 | 72 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,150 | 66 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,325 | 57 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,958 | 73 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,875 | 79 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,804 | 83 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,857 | 79 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,427 | 116 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,346 | 126 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,305 | 131 | |
| 2010 | — | #997 | 196 | |
| 2009 | — | #883 | 238 | |
| 2008 | — | #872 | 243 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #831 | 259 |
| 2006 | — | #823 | 247 | |
| 2005 | — | #736 | 275 | |
| 2004 | — | #634 | 332 | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #603 | 350 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #644 | 301 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #565 | 368 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #555 | 380 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #596 | 319 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | #658 | 262 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #661 | 248 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #707 | 224 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | #1,043 | 114 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #1,231 | 88 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #1,358 | 71 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #1,598 | 55 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #1,632 | 51 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #1,755 | 45 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #2,035 | 31 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #5,464 | 5 |
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| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Keshawn! It came in at #4,505, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1975, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Keshawn is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#330 · 1 in 2,829
- South Carolina#332 · 1 in 2,018
- Alabama#382 · 1 in 2,732
- Virginia#390 · 1 in 2,969
- North Carolina#410 · 1 in 3,134
Best ever in a state: #200 in Mississippi, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #330 | 17 | 1 in 2,829 |
| South Carolina | #332 | 10 | 1 in 2,018 |
| Alabama | #382 | 9 | 1 in 2,732 |
| Virginia | #390 | 13 | 1 in 2,969 |
| North Carolina | #410 | 15 | 1 in 3,134 |
| Mississippi | #414 | 6 | 1 in 2,494 |
| Maryland | #476 | 7 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Tennessee | #504 | 7 | 1 in 4,953 |
| Georgia | #528 | 12 | 1 in 4,182 |
| Michigan | #529 | 11 | 1 in 5,391 |
| Ohio | #552 | 11 | 1 in 6,364 |
| Louisiana | #554 | 7 | 1 in 3,839 |
| New York | #565 | 21 | 1 in 5,471 |
| Florida | #603 | 15 | 1 in 5,725 |
| Illinois | #637 | 12 | 1 in 6,637 |
| Texas | #799 | 16 | 1 in 9,817 |
| Pennsylvania | #869 | 5 | 1 in 13,199 |
| California | #897 | 18 | 1 in 13,644 |
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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.
See more about Keshawn
- 598 spots since 2024 (#2,393 → #2,991)
- 1,014 spots since 2020 (#1,977 → #2,991)
- 1,187 spots since 2015 (#1,804 → #2,991)
- Biggest jump: 336 spots in 1996 (#1,043 → #707)
- Biggest drop: 308 spots in 2011 (#997 → #1,305)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2000 at #555 (380 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1996–2010
- Highest: 1 in 5,168 boys born in 2000 were named Keshawn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 49.6% of all boys named Keshawn (2,993) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1987, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 56 | #2,946 (1976) | #3,980 |
| 1980s | 167 | #2,035 (1988) | #3,211 |
| 1990s | 1,477 | #596 (1999) | #1,124 |
| 2000s | 2,993 | #555 (2000) | #715 |
| 2010s | 1,006 | #997 (2010) | #1,704 |
| 2020s | 330 | #1,977 (2020) | #2,515 |
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.
Keshawn in 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 158,246 of them was named Keshawn, which outranked 52.1% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,283Zenab12
- #7,283Zhana12
- #7,283Zyria12
- #7,742Keshawn11
- #7,742Aalliyah11
- #7,742Aashna11
- #7,742Abagayle11
- #8,334Aailyah10
- #8,334Aarin10
- #8,334Aariona10
Tied with 591 names at #7,742; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 7,601 of them was named Keshawn, which outranked 93.9% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).