Kelton is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2002 and has since faded.
Kelton is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,350 for boy births in the United States (and #7,197 across all names), given to 35 babies. Kelton was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 2002 (226 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,350 |
| 2024 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,433 |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,677 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,738 |
| 2021 | 83 | 83 | — | #1,862 |
| 2020 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,905 |
| 2019 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,616 |
| 2018 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,770 |
| 2017 | 105 | 105 | — | #1,562 |
| 2016 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,449 |
| 2015 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,423 |
| 2014 | 155 | 155 | — | #1,194 |
| 2013 | 160 | 160 | — | #1,137 |
| 2012 | 196 | 196 | — | #1,010 |
| 2011 | 168 | 168 | — | #1,104 |
| 2010 | 159 | 159 | — | #1,160 |
| 2009 | 185 | 185 | — | #1,037 |
| 2008 | 218 | 218 | — | #934 |
| 2007 | 211 | 211 | — | #942 |
| 2006 | 182 | 182 | — | #1,012 |
| 2005 | 188 | 188 | #17,864 | #956 |
| 2004 | 217 | 217 | — | #822 |
| 2003 | 203 | 203 | — | #853 |
| 2002 | 226 | 226 | — | #765 |
| 2001 | 195 | 195 | — | #836 |
| 2000 | 186 | 186 | — | #858 |
| 1999 | 167 | 167 | #15,616 | #918 |
| 1998 | 172 | 172 | — | #850 |
| 1997 | 185 | — | — | #795 |
| 1996 | 186 | — | #12,635 | #799 |
| 1995 | 163 | — | — | #844 |
| 1994 | 143 | — | — | #914 |
| 1993 | 140 | — | — | #911 |
| 1992 | 121 | — | #14,353 | #1,012 |
| 1991 | 105 | — | — | #1,058 |
| 1990 | 102 | — | — | #1,050 |
| 1989 | 71 | — | — | #1,299 |
| 1988 | 45 | — | #12,773 | #1,753 |
| 1987 | 45 | — | — | #1,580 |
| 1986 | 31 | — | — | #1,942 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | — | #1,893 |
| 1984 | 22 | — | — | #2,329 |
| 1983 | 25 | — | — | #2,119 |
| 1982 | 32 | — | — | #1,796 |
| 1981 | 31 | — | — | #1,835 |
| 1980 | 29 | — | — | #1,936 |
| 1979 | 42 | — | — | #1,450 |
| 1978 | 34 | — | — | #1,635 |
| 1977 | 32 | — | — | #1,689 |
| 1976 | 40 | — | — | #1,421 |
| 1975 | 30 | — | — | #1,684 |
| 1974 | 28 | — | — | #1,728 |
| 1973 | 27 | — | — | #1,721 |
| 1972 | 25 | — | — | #1,796 |
| 1971 | 31 | — | — | #1,579 |
| 1970 | 21 | — | — | #1,962 |
| 1969 | 21 | — | — | #1,838 |
| 1968 | 18 | — | — | #1,926 |
| 1967 | 31 | — | — | #1,379 |
| 1966 | 29 | — | — | #1,440 |
| 1965 | 30 | — | — | #1,420 |
| 1964 | 24 | — | — | #1,636 |
| 1963 | 27 | — | — | #1,528 |
| 1962 | 25 | — | — | #1,603 |
| 1961 | 27 | — | — | #1,562 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | — | #1,885 |
| 1959 | 15 | — | — | #2,161 |
| 1958 | 14 | — | — | #2,220 |
| 1957 | 17 | — | — | #1,991 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | — | #1,787 |
| 1955 | 16 | — | — | #2,006 |
| 1954 | 19 | — | — | #1,793 |
| 1953 | 20 | — | — | #1,744 |
| 1952 | 21 | — | — | #1,687 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | — | #2,307 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | — | #1,782 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | — | #2,708 |
| 1948 | 21 | — | — | #1,633 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | — | #2,029 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | — | #3,037 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | — | #2,323 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | — | #2,041 |
| 1943 | 20 | — | — | #1,611 |
| 1942 | 9 | — | — | #2,613 |
| 1941 | 13 | — | — | #2,049 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | — | #2,133 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | — | #1,556 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | — | #1,936 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | — | #1,954 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | — | #2,535 |
| 1935 | 12 | — | — | #2,192 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | — | #2,481 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | — | #3,234 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | — | #2,565 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | — | #2,892 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | — | #3,118 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | — | #2,955 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | — | #3,986 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | — | #3,964 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | — | #3,679 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | — | #3,655 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | — | #2,415 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | — | #3,709 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | — | #3,085 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | — | #3,582 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | — | #2,793 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | — | #2,850 |
| 1915 | 15 | — | — | #1,928 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | — | #2,793 |