Fun Facts About the Name Keyshaun
- 709 babies named Keyshaun: U.S. records list 709 babies given the name Keyshaun from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Keyshaun Mean?
Keyshaun is a modern American name built from the prefix Key- (also written Ke-) joined to Shaun, the Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of John. The name as a whole has no established translation, because the first element is a syllable used for sound and style rather than a word with a meaning; any meaning attached to the full name comes from the Shaun portion.
Shaun goes back to Irish Seán, a borrowing of Old French Jehan, which continues Latin Iohannes, from Greek Iōannēs, from Hebrew Yôḥānān, understood as "YHWH has been gracious." Through that chain the element is customarily rendered "God is gracious." The Key- prefix is sometimes interpreted as the English word "key," but that is a symbolic reading, not a documented etymology.
Keyshaun Name History & Origins
Names that begin with a stressed Ke- or Key- belong to a broad American naming pattern of the twentieth century, in which an extra syllable is placed in front of an existing name. The same pattern produced DeShawn, LaShawn, and JaQuan. Keyshaun is one spelling among several, alongside KeShaun, KeShawn, and Keyshawn; these spellings reflect different ways of writing the same combination rather than separate origins.
Shaun itself is an anglicized form of Irish Seán, a name long used in Ireland and Scotland. As an English given name it appears by the early twentieth century and became common in the United States in the middle of that century, which is roughly when combinations such as Ke- plus Shaun begin to appear. The Keyshawn spelling is familiar in the United States as the given name of the football player Keyshawn Johnson.
How Popular is the Name Keyshaun?
Keyshaun has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2000. Its best rank was #1,935 in 2000.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,385 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #9,427 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #11,580 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #13,391 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #11,343 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #13,187 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #11,520 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #6,507 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #13,293 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #10,139 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #6,483 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #4,545 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #6,843 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #6,114 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2010 | #4,178 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #3,441 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2008 | #3,141 | 37 | 0.0018% |
| 2007 | #2,953 | 40 | 0.0019% |
| 2006 | #2,908 | 39 | 0.0019% |
| 2005 | #2,510 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2004 | #2,771 | 38 | 0.0019% |
| 2003 | #2,378 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2002 | #2,490 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2001 | #2,018 | 53 | 0.0027% |
| 2000 | #1,935 | 54 | 0.0027% |
| 1999 | #2,008 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 1998 | #2,894 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1997 | #3,032 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1996 | #2,797 | 27 | 0.0014% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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