boy's name

Keithen

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 584

Keithen is a boy's name. In 2023 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 21 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1964.

Keithen over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

138
138
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Keithen by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 32
1970s 59
1980s 79
1990s 138
2000s 138
2010s 119
2020s (to 2023) 14

How popular is Keithen?

In 2023, Keithen was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Keithen is used

Canada #2,983 5 in 2009
United States #13,435 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Keithen

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Keithen also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Keithen over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Keithen

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Keithen — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Keithen

How popular is the name Keithen?

In 2023, Keithen was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Keithen a girl's or a boy's name?

Keithen is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Keithen most popular?

Keithen peaked in 2006, when 21 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.