Keaton

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning from Keaton, settlement where hawks fly.

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Win rate
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US popularity
#771
up from #843
UK popularity
#2014
12 babies

How Keaton has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#408#677#945201520202025#771

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YearUS rank
2015#480
2016#535
2017#573
2018#543
2019#579
2020#692
2021#735
2022#804
2023#873
2024#843
2025#771

Keaton by the numbers

In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Keaton. In the US, 496 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 880 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keaton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kentonsettlement of the keen or royal estate133 in the US (2017)
  • Keltonsettlement by the spring; a form of Kelton104 in the US (2017)
  • Keston28 in the US (2017)
  • Keeton16 in the US (2017)
  • Keyton16 in the US (2017)
  • Keatyn15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Keaton

Names that are said the same way as Keaton, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ketanpure, crystalline, brilliant5 in the US (2017)
  • Keiton11 in the US (2017)
  • Keaten5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Keaton

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