Keiton
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Keiton by the numbers
Keiton was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Keiton
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keiton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Keatonfrom Keaton, settlement where hawks fly496 in the US (2017)
- Kentonsettlement of the keen or royal estate133 in the US (2017)
- Keltonsettlement by the spring; a form of Kelton104 in the US (2017)
- Keirondark or lord; a form of Ciaran or Kieran3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Keion62 in the US (2017)
- Keston28 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Keiton
Names that are said the same way as Keiton, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Keiton
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