Keyon
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #9,586 · #2,332 for boys in 2025, 59 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2002 · 249 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,919since 1972
Keyon over time
Rank among boys' names. Keyon has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,332 | 59 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,997 | 77 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,999 | 76 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,060 | 73 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,853 | 83 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,139 | 65 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,170 | 65 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,648 | 98 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,582 | 102 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,556 | 106 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,491 | 111 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,318 | 133 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,174 | 153 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,084 | 172 | |
| 2011 | — | #998 | 194 | |
| 2010 | — | #971 | 203 | |
| 2009 | — | #950 | 212 | |
| 2008 | — | #960 | 209 | |
| 2007 | — | #903 | 221 | |
| 2006 | — | #880 | 224 | |
| 2005 | — | #849 | 216 | |
| 2004 | — | #805 | 223 | |
| 2003 | — | #764 | 231 | |
| 2002 | — | #711 | 249 | |
| 2001 | — | #808 | 207 | |
| 2000 | — | #757 | 221 | |
| 1999 | — | #905 | 165 | |
| 1998 | — | #981 | 140 | |
| 1997 | — | #922 | 147 | |
| 1996 | — | #999 | 125 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,016 | 119 | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #1,078 | 107 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #1,266 | 80 |
| 1992 | — | #1,084 | 103 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,103 | 98 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #1,176 | 86 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #1,336 | 67 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | — | #1,506 | 47 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,725 | 36 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #1,265 | 53 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #1,264 | 54 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,095 | 69 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #1,238 | 55 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,255 | 54 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1977 | — | #1,407 | 42 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,541 | 35 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,787 | 27 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | #2,323 | 16 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Keyon! It came in at #2,323, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Keyon
- 335 spots since 2024 (#1,997 → #2,332)
- 193 spots since 2020 (#2,139 → #2,332)
- 841 spots since 2015 (#1,491 → #2,332)
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 2000 (#905 → #757)
- Biggest drop: 86 spots in 2012 (#998 → #1,084)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2002 at #711 (249 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1996–2011
- Highest: 1 in 7,797 boys born in 2002 were named Keyon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,950 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 37.4% of all boys named Keyon (2,213) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 244 | #1,255 (1979) | #2,127 |
| 1980s | 522 | #1,095 (1981) | #1,377 |
| 1990s | 1,170 | #905 (1999) | #1,053 |
| 2000s | 2,213 | #711 (2002) | #839 |
| 2010s | 1,337 | #971 (2010) | #1,399 |
| 2020s | 433 | #1,853 (2021) | #2,063 |
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.
Keyon in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 185,340 of them was named Keyon, which outranked 44.2% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,323Yevette10
- #6,323Yolunda10
- #6,323Zulay10
- #6,804Keyon9
- #6,804Abeni9
- #6,804Adeola9
- #6,804Aidan9
- #7,409Aaren8
- #7,409Aarin8
- #7,409Abigael8
Tied with 604 names at #6,804; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 25,959 of them was named Keyon, which outranked 85.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,084Mervin70
- #1,084Reinaldo70
- #1,084Tracey70
- #1,095Keyon69
- #1,095Brien69
- #1,095Demetris69
- #1,095Deron69
- #1,101Chuck68
- #1,101Domenic68
- #1,101Fermin68
Tied with 5 names at #1,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.