Boys' name · since 1948
Keath
228 babies named Keath in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,181 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 228
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Keath is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 228 have been recorded since 1948.
Social Security Administration records show Keath recorded 228 times among boys since 1948, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2009.
- #12,181 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 228 born since 1948
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keath ranks #12,181 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 228 born since 1948, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,181 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 228
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Keath's 228 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keath's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keath splits its recorded history at 1979: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keath popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2009
- Peak year (1972)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Keath by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (73 births, 32% of the file).
1970s was Keath's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Keath births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
42 births
- 1970s
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 73 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Keath's decade-level peak was the 1970s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keath: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~61 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1948–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Keath draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.