Keith
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #12,676 · #800 for boys in 2025, 311 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1966 · 11,614 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 46 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 437,907since 1888
Keith over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #800 | 311 | |
| 2024 | — | #756 | 337 | |
| 2023 | — | #711 | 373 | |
| 2022 | — | #694 | 382 | |
| 2021 | — | #591 | 470 | |
| 2020 | — | #598 | 461 | |
| 2019 | — | #550 | 512 | |
| 2018 | — | #503 | 571 | |
| 2017 | — | #492 | 587 | |
| 2016 | — | #485 | 634 | |
| 2015 | — | #424 | 729 | |
| 2014 | — | #412 | 754 | |
| 2013 | — | #392 | 761 | |
| 2012 | — | #361 | 842 | |
| 2011 | — | #368 | 806 | |
| 2010 | — | #346 | 890 | |
| 2009 | — | #329 | 967 | |
| 2008 | — | #314 | 1,061 | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #298 | 1,158 |
| 2006 | — | #276 | 1,250 | |
| 2005 | — | #285 | 1,165 | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #252 | 1,315 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #251 | 1,313 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #248 | 1,326 |
| 2001 | — | #237 | 1,432 | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #222 | 1,525 |
| 1999 | — | #206 | 1,662 | |
| 1998 | — | #190 | 1,785 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #169 | 2,000 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #159 | 2,183 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #142 | 2,457 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #126 | 2,785 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #109 | 3,265 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #102 | 3,628 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #89 | 4,124 |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 | #80 | 4,481 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | #70 | 4,893 |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | #70 | 4,949 |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 | #69 | 4,783 |
| 1986 | #2,682 | 36 | #66 | 5,040 |
| 1985 | #2,253 | 45 | #64 | 5,214 |
| 1984 | #2,227 | 44 | #61 | 5,327 |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 | #61 | 5,313 |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | #59 | 5,620 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 | #58 | 5,621 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 | #56 | 5,887 |
| 1979 | #2,218 | 44 | #52 | 6,186 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #49 | 6,172 |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 | #48 | 6,597 |
| 1976 | #1,619 | 61 | #48 | 6,745 |
| 1975 | #2,357 | 34 | #49 | 6,823 |
| 1974 | #1,760 | 51 | #44 | 7,390 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 60 | #41 | 8,165 |
| 1972 | #1,856 | 45 | #38 | 9,145 |
| 1971 | #1,828 | 48 | #37 | 9,851 |
| 1970 | #1,619 | 58 | #38 | 9,615 |
| 1969 | #1,755 | 48 | #36 | 9,445 |
| 1968 | #1,279 | 74 | #35 | 9,861 |
| 1967 | #1,399 | 62 | #34 | 11,006 |
| 1966 | #1,430 | 59 | #32 | 11,614 |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 | #35 | 10,670 |
| 1964 | #1,731 | 45 | #34 | 11,655 |
| 1963 | #1,580 | 51 | #33 | 12,243 |
| 1962 | #1,511 | 55 | #36 | 11,626 |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 | #35 | 12,275 |
| 1960 | #1,673 | 45 | #35 | 12,180 |
| 1959 | #1,567 | 48 | #39 | 11,758 |
| 1958 | #1,657 | 42 | #37 | 11,905 |
| 1957 | #1,588 | 46 | #36 | 12,437 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 | #36 | 11,480 |
| 1955 | #1,877 | 32 | #39 | 10,418 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | #45 | 8,355 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | #47 | 7,375 |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | #49 | 7,174 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | #59 | 5,767 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | #78 | 4,566 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | #85 | 3,878 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | #89 | 3,660 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #91 | 3,684 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | #96 | 2,860 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #108 | 2,165 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | #104 | 2,293 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #108 | 2,382 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #123 | 1,785 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #119 | 1,652 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #125 | 1,512 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #117 | 1,506 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #120 | 1,535 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #123 | 1,342 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #122 | 1,402 |
| 1935 | — | #125 | 1,369 | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #125 | 1,352 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | #127 | 1,315 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #133 | 1,315 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | #122 | 1,377 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 | #130 | 1,354 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #138 | 1,242 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | #139 | 1,223 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #141 | 1,232 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #148 | 1,120 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #146 | 1,138 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #150 | 1,071 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #145 | 1,104 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #157 | 984 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #153 | 998 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #175 | 803 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #194 | 653 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #214 | 580 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #216 | 518 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #224 | 476 |
| 1915 | — | #236 | 422 | |
| 1914 | — | #251 | 291 | |
| 1913 | — | #261 | 212 | |
| 1912 | — | #271 | 169 | |
| 1911 | — | #355 | 60 | |
| 1910 | — | #407 | 43 | |
| 1909 | — | #365 | 42 | |
| 1908 | — | #349 | 42 | |
| 1907 | — | #318 | 45 | |
| 1906 | — | #387 | 31 | |
| 1905 | — | #346 | 35 | |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #475 | 20 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #623 | 16 |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Keith! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Keith
- 44 spots since 2024 (#756 → #800)
- 202 spots since 2020 (#598 → #800)
- 376 spots since 2015 (#424 → #800)
- Biggest jump: 427 spots in 1896 (#978 → #551)
- Biggest drop: 347 spots in 1895 (#631 → #978)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1966 at #32 (11,614 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1946–1991
- Top 1,000: 137 yrs · run 1892–2025
- Highest: 1 in 154 boys born in 1966 were named Keith (0.65%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,492 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 25.7% of all boys named Keith (112,575) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #878 (1889) | #898 |
| 1890s | 86 | #521 (1899) | #737 |
| 1900s | 284 | #318 (1907) | #436 |
| 1910s | 3,424 | #194 (1919) | #263 |
| 1920s | 10,915 | #138 (1929) | #149 |
| 1930s | 13,867 | #117 (1939) | #124 |
| 1940s | 25,871 | #85 (1949) | #105 |
| 1950s | 91,235 | #36 (1957) | #47 |
| 1960s | 112,575 | #32 (1966) | #35 |
| 1970s | 76,689 | #37 (1971) | #44 |
| 1980s | 52,647 | #56 (1980) | #63 |
| 1990s | 28,370 | #80 (1990) | #137 |
| 2000s | 12,512 | #222 (2000) | #271 |
| 2010s | 7,086 | #346 (2010) | #433 |
| 2020s | 2,334 | #591 (2021) | #692 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Keith in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 125,569 of them was named Keith, which outranked 42.1% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,005Zelphia10
- #3,005Zelta10
- #3,005Zenia10
- #3,219Keith9
- #3,219Ailie9
- #3,219Aldonia9
- #3,219Alee9
- #3,452Adabelle8
- #3,452Adair8
- #3,452Adine8
Tied with 232 names at #3,219; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 1,501 of them was named Keith, which outranked 96.0% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.