Recorded 1914–2025 · United States
Kelton was most popular in 2002, when 226 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,726 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,666 people named Kelton.
Kelton first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 109 of the 112 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,666 American births named Kelton between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,156 are estimated to be alive today.
35 American babies were named Kelton in 2025, ranking #7,111 that year.
Kelton is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 54 births a year, against 160 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -66% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Kelton is a boy’s name — 0.4% of the 6,666 Americans given it were girls and 99.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,156 Americans named Kelton are alive today — 92% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 23 years old, and half are between 15 and 32.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org