# Keaton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keaton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “hedge”, “enclosure”, “farmstead”, “settlement” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkitən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,505 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22,087 / 1,418 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,966, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant of Caton or Keeton, or a habitational name from Keaton in Ermington, Devon, possibly derived from Welsh cae (“hedge, enclosure”) + Middle English toun (“farmstead, settlement”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 58 | 2,970 |
| 2012 | 44 | 3,616 |
| 2013 | 44 | 3,540 |
| 2014 | 37 | 4,058 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,887 |
| 2016 | 43 | 3,621 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,448 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,542 |
| 2019 | 25 | 5,229 |
| 2020 | 19 | 6,202 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,480 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,096 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4,511 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,830 |
| 2025 | 86 | 2,164 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 814 | 365 |
| 2012 | 750 | 394 |
| 2013 | 701 | 421 |
| 2014 | 694 | 439 |
| 2015 | 623 | 480 |
| 2016 | 548 | 535 |
| 2017 | 477 | 572 |
| 2018 | 518 | 544 |
| 2019 | 482 | 579 |
| 2020 | 369 | 690 |
| 2021 | 348 | 735 |
| 2022 | 315 | 797 |
| 2023 | 268 | 876 |
| 2024 | 288 | 845 |
| 2025 | 333 | 771 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 77 | 479 |
| 2012 | 81 | 476 |
| 2013 | 77 | 493 |
| 2014 | 66 | 550 |
| 2015 | 65 | 571 |
| 2016 | 49 | 698 |
| 2017 | 40 | 806 |
| 2018 | 43 | 763 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 32 | 898 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,282 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Keaton

- Keaton Henson, English musician and artist
- Keaton Wallace, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Keaton Wagler, American basketball player (born 2007)
- Keaton Ellerby, Canadian ice hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.