Keaton
Feminine · “place of kites”
Keaton is given to both — 1,418 girls and 22,087 boys since 1880. See Keaton as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Keaton is the settlement by the kites — the Old English cyta, a bird of prey — or Ketton's farm, and the two readings have not been separated.
How old is the name Keaton?
Keaton first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Keaton alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 1,400 people named Keaton are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Keaton most popular?
Keaton peaked in 2025, reaching #2153 nationally. Today it ranks #2153, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
From cyta tun to Keaton
The story of Keaton
Red kites were common enough in medieval England to name places, and were later persecuted almost to extinction before a reintroduction program brought them back. Buster Keaton made the surname internationally known. Keaton entered American given-name use for both sexes and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
place of kites; or Ketta's farm
From the Old English cyta, 'kite' — the bird — and tun, 'settlement'; or from a personal name plus tun. Keaton in Devon preserves the place. The tun element is settled; the first is not. The bird reading is the commoner account.
How the name formed
- cyta tun
- Keaton
Related forms: Keeton · Keeton
Pronouncing Keaton
KEE-tun
Two syllables, stress on the first. Said identically in every English accent.
Nicknames for Keaton
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1982
- Most girls named
- 202586 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2153reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +207.1%86 in 2025, from 28
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Keaton in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Keeton in English — spelling variant
- Keeton in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Tennessee.
Keatons among us
people named Keaton are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 18,689 born in 2025 was named Keaton
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Destyni test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Keaton's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Destyni climbed just as high around 1999, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Destyni's path sketches the road Keaton is walking now.
Keaton sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Keaton is headed
Keaton should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Keaton beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Keaton in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That English places are named for red kites is a genuinely good fact.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Buster Keaton is a first-rate bearer of the surname.
- It reads as masculine and as a surname to most English speakers.
- The first element is genuinely disputed.
- Keaton and Keeton are close enough to confuse.
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Feminine · #2153 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Keatons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Keaton are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Keaton in 2025?
- Keaton ranks #2153 among US girl names in 2025, with 86 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Keaton?
- About 1 in every 18,689 US girls born in 2025 was named Keaton — 86 in all.
- Will my child share the name Keaton with classmates?
- Keaton will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Keaton
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