Keaton is a boy's name of English origin meaning “hedge, enclosure and farmstead, settlement.” In 2024 it was given to 288 boys in the United States.
Keaton belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “hedge, enclosure and farmstead, settlement” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Keaton first appears in Social Security records in 1925. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #353 in 2000, and in 2024 288 babies received the name — 21,749 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Keaton means “hedge, enclosure and farmstead, settlement” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Keaton is a boy name. In 2024, 288 babies received the name in the US.
Keaton comes from the English & American tradition.
Keaton first appears in US records in 1925. Its best-ever ranking was #353 in 2000, and 288 babies were given the name in 2024.
Keaton is pronounced /ˈkitən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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