Keyshaun
Masculine · “Hebrew Yohanan”
Keyshawn Johnson was the first pick of the 1996 NFL draft and one of the most visible players of the following decade. The name's American curve rises with his career and falls after it.
How old is the name Keyshaun?
Keyshaun first appears in US birth records in 1996 — 29 years ago. The typical Keyshaun alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 700 people named Keyshaun are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Keyshaun most popular?
Keyshaun peaked in 2000, reaching #1924 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 8,771 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
Where it comes from
From Yohanan to Keyshaun
The story of Keyshaun
The name existed before 1996 and was uncommon; the draft, a bestselling book, and a decade of television made it familiar, and the records show the effect within two years. What is interesting is the spelling. The player wrote his name Keyshawn, and American parents produced Keyshaun, Keyshon, Keishawn and Kayshawn alongside it, which is what always happens when a name arrives by ear rather than by print: the sound is copied exactly and the letters are improvised. That is why a single visible bearer generates a cluster rather than a single name, and why counting only the standard spelling understates how many children were actually given it.
Meaning
Hebrew Yohanan, Yah is gracious
Keyshaun joins the Key- prefix to Shaun, an English respelling of Irish Sean, and behind it Hebrew Yohanan. The prefix carries no meaning. The peak of this spelling is 2000.
How the name formed
- Yohanan
- Sean
- Shaun
- Keyshaun
Related forms: Keyshawn · Keishawn
Pronouncing Keyshaun
kee-SHAWN
Two syllables, stress on the second. All the spellings in the family are homophones.
Nicknames for Keyshaun
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
- 1996
- Most boys named
- 200054 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1924reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- −25.0%6 in 2025, from 8
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.
Keyshaun in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Keyshawn in English — spelling variant
- Keishawn in English — spelling variant
Keyshauns among us
people named Keyshaun are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Keyshaun
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 Dewaine test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Keyshaun's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dewaine climbed just as high around 1945, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dewaine's path sketches the road Keyshaun is walking now.
Keyshaun 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
Keyshaun beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Keyshaun in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Shaun works as a complete name inside it.
- Two syllables with a firm ending.
- The spelling is phonetically clear.
- Keyshawn is the more common spelling.
- The prefix carries no meaning.
- The 2000 peak dates this form.
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Frequently asked
- How many Keyshauns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Keyshaun are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Keyshaun in 2025?
- Keyshaun ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Keyshaun?
- About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Keyshaun — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Keyshaun with classmates?
- Keyshaun will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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