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Kelton

#3,349 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Kelton has been given to 6,666 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #3,349 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2002, with 226 recorded.

Babies named Kelton, 2025

1 in 94,700

Kelton over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kelton: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kelton means

Kelton is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kelton is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,640 boys were recorded with the name Kelton between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 226 in 2002; its best national rank was #764 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,905 in 2020 to #3,349 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,423 in 2015 to #3,349 in 2025.

In the United States, 26 girls were recorded with the name Kelton between 1988 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1996; its best national rank was #12,629 in 1996.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kelton?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 94,700
35 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 48,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,349
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
65,655 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kelton sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 65,655 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kelton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Keltons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kelton was born before 2002 — so the typical Kelton is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
30.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
53.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,287
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 30.2% of all recorded uses (2,006).

Is Kelton rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−916
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,444
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,926
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.29×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
15.5%
Peak was 2002 (226)
Years since peak
23
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#764
2002

Spellings of Kelton

Kelton is not the most common spelling — Colton is, with 15.5% against Kelton's 0.68%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kelton is used

Across 2016–2025, Kelton was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 4,762 boys, against 1 in 34,167 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

121 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 4,762
  2. 2Utah1 in 8,333
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 10,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in 16,667
  5. 5Idaho1 in 16,667
  6. 6Colorado1 in 20,000
  7. 7Oklahoma1 in 20,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Kelton around the world

Where Kelton ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2020
    #3,848
    in 2020
  • France
    2007–2022
    #4,750
    in 2022
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1969–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kelton by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,349
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,444
Best rank ever
#764
2002
Peak year
2002
226 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,640
Count in 2025
35

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,629
1996
Peak year
1996
6 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
26
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kelton

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KelleyKelseyKellanKellerKellenKelbyHiltonSuttonWaltonNewtonDentonWiltonKelsonDeltonBartonMaxtonBentonKellinGastonBostonJaxtonKentonLaytonAuston

Names with a curve like Kelton

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kelton, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

QuintenMaximillianGarrisonMarkelBraulioTyshawnMarkellBlayneDestinRonaldoAlexandroBrennon

Sibling names for Kelton

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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