Given name & surname
Keyton
“from a shed town”·“from the town of hawks”
Keyton is a variant of Keaton. Interpretations include “from a shed town” (English) and “from the town of hawks” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Keyton is a variant of Keaton. Interpretations include “from a shed town” (English) and “from the town of hawks” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Keyton is a variant of Keaton. An origin associated with Keaton is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keyton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 797
- 797 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,970 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,970 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 48 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 744 as a first name in 2020; 526 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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