Keaton
Top 1000
About Keaton
Keaton is an engaging surname with warmth, energy and a sense of humor, identified with silent comedian Buster Keaton and contemporary actors Michael and Diane Keaton. Given to around 290 boys in a recent year, it currently sits within the latter end of the US Top 1000.
Keaton derives from the name of a number places, which has led to a variety of different meanings, depending on which etymological root you follow. These meanings include: "place of hawks" from the Old English cyta; "river town" from the Old English ea; "hedged town" from the Cornish kee; and "Káti's (or Catta's) town", from an Old Norse given name, which ultimately means "merry, happy".
An alternative to Weston, Easton, Colton, and Keegan, Keaton is a friendly choice that could also get you nickname Kit.
Pronounced KEE-tun.
As of October 2026, Keaton ranked #771 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #353 in 2000, Nameberry popularity #730.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #439 | 694 | 361.3 |
| 2015 | #480 | 623 | 325 |
| 2016 | #535 | 548 | 288.8 |
| 2017 | #572 | 477 | 257.7 |
| 2018 | #544 | 518 | 285.2 |
| 2019 | #579 | 481 | 268.1 |
| 2020 | #690 | 369 | 213.8 |
| 2021 | #735 | 348 | 198.9 |
| 2022 | #797 | 315 | 180.4 |
| 2023 | #875 | 268 | 156.7 |
| 2024 | #843 | 288 | 167.2 |
| 2025 | #771 | 333 | 195 |
World rankings
Similar names
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- Pierson
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- Colter
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- Landry
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Keaton on lists
Famous Keatons
- Keaton Stromberg
American singer of the group Emblem3
- Keaton Henson
English singer,songwriter
- Keaton Nigel Cooke
American actor
- Keaton Ellerby
Canadian ice hockey player
- Shunji "Keaton" Yamada
Japanese voice actor
- Keaton Simons
American singer,songwriter
- Keaton Savage
American actor; son of actor Brad Savage
- Keaton Wilder Marcus (b. 2005)
son of actors Kipp Marcus and Alice Dylan
- Keaton Roderick Cadrez (b. 2010)
son of model Brande Roderick and Glenn Cadrez
- Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton
American film actor/director
Keaton in pop culture
- Keaton
family name on TV's "Family Ties"
- Keatons
a race of fox,like creatures in The Legend of Zelda video games
- Keaton
character from the video game "Fire Emblem Fates"