Keldrick
Masculine
Keldrick ends in a syllable that has been closing men's names in northern Europe for fifteen hundred years, and the same syllable is sitting, unnoticed, inside an ordinary English church word.
How old is the name Keldrick?
Keldrick first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Keldrick alive today was born around 1996, making them about 29 years old. About 800 people named Keldrick are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Keldrick most popular?
Keldrick peaked in 1982, reaching #2341 nationally. See the whole 1982 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Keldrick
Germanic names were built by joining two words, and ric, meaning rule or kingdom, was one of the most productive second elements there was: Frederick is peace-rule, Roderick is fame-rule, Henry has it in a worn-down form. The same word is still in plain English, hiding in bishopric, which means exactly what it looks like once you know: the rule or realm of a bishop. It is also the rike in the Scandinavian names for their own countries, and the reich in German. So a name ending in rick is carrying a word for a kingdom that most English speakers use once a year in a single compound and never think about. Keldrick joins that ending to a front the record does not explain, which is how a great many modern American names are built.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The ending is the Germanic ric, meaning rule or ruler, which closes Frederick, Roderick, Cedric and Eric. The front is a free syllable that American naming attached freely. Nothing documents this particular pairing.
Pronouncing Keldrick
KEL-drik
Two syllables with the stress in front. Nothing in it invites hesitation.
Nicknames for Keldrick
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
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 200031 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2341reached in 1982
- Change vs 2022
- +60.0%8 in 2023, from 5
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.
Keldricks among us
people named Keldrick are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Keldrick sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Kel and Rick are both ready as short forms and both stand perfectly well alone.
- It is spelled as it sounds and read correctly on a first attempt by nearly everyone.
- It is distinctive on a page while being built entirely of familiar pieces.
- It will be written Kendrick by people catching it once, since that name is far commoner.
- No origin is documented for the front, so the meaning question can only be answered about the ending.
- It belongs audibly to one stretch of American naming, which places it in time for some listeners.
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Frequently asked
- How many Keldricks are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Keldrick are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Keldrick in 2025?
- Keldrick is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Keldrick with classmates?
- Keldrick will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More K names
The most-given names starting with K, all years combined.
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