Given name
Keshon
“filled with happiness”
Keshon is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keshon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,288
- 1,240 boys · 48 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 111 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,334 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,334 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 106 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,000 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Keshon’s family of names
Keshon has a related form in Keshawn. Keshon has a related form in Keshawn. Keshon has a related form in Keyshawn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Keshon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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