Keyon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 102 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
102
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keyon by the numbers

Keyon was given to 102 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 249 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Keyon

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 Keyon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kenyonkeen or sharp edge70 in the US (2017)
  • Kevonhandsome; a modern respelling of Kevin50 in the US (2017)
  • Keon44 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Keion62 in the US (2017)
  • Kyon62 in the US (2017)
  • Keyan14 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Keyon

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

  • Keighansmall and fiery; variant of Keegan20 in the US (2017)
  • Keaghansmall fire; a form of keegan16 in the US (2017)
  • Keeghansmall; a form of Keegan11 in the US (2017)
  • Keonegod is gracious10 in the US (2017)
  • Keian17 in the US (2017)
  • Keeyan3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Keyon

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