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Keyonna vs Keyvon

American parents have registered 3,581 Keyonnas since 1880, against 691 Keyvons. But in 2025 it was Keyvon that was commoner, 16 babies to 13.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Keyonna against Keyvon, 1880 to 2025 0 40 80 120 160 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Keyonna Keyvon

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 53 years in which either name was published, Keyonna for 50 years and Keyvon for 3 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.

Side by side

  Keyonna Keyvon
Total US births 3,581691
Most in one year 15533
Babies in 2025 1316
Estimated living today 3,500680
Median age today 2618
Peak year 19952000
Best rank 1,131st girls2,736th boys
Rank in 2025 7,885th5,608th
First recorded 19731983
Girls / boys 3,581 / 00 / 691

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Keyonnas alive today are over 26; half the Keyvons are over 18. That is 8 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Keyonna and Keyvon.