# Kelton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kelton/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,666 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,640 / 26 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 114, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 12,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | 14,353 |
| 1996 | 6 | 12,635 |
| 1999 | 5 | 15,616 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,864 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 168 | 1,104 |
| 2012 | 196 | 1,010 |
| 2013 | 160 | 1,137 |
| 2014 | 155 | 1,194 |
| 2015 | 121 | 1,423 |
| 2016 | 120 | 1,449 |
| 2017 | 105 | 1,562 |
| 2018 | 87 | 1,770 |
| 2019 | 102 | 1,616 |
| 2020 | 78 | 1,905 |
| 2021 | 83 | 1,862 |
| 2022 | 48 | 2,738 |
| 2023 | 49 | 2,677 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,433 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3,350 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,304 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |

## People named Kelton

- Roy Orbison, American musician (1936 –1988)

## 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.