Boys' name · since 1974
Keats
Keats has 78 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,095 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 78
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Keats sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 78 recorded since 1974.
Keats has 78 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2021.
- #19,095 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 78 born since 1974
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keats ranks #19,095 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 1974, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,095 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 78
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Keats's 78 recorded births place it above 57.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keats's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keats splits its recorded history at 2014: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keats popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2021
- Peak year (2014)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Keats by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (56 births, 72% of the file).
2010s was Keats's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Keats births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 56 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Keats's decade-level peak was the 2010s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- 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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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, 1974–2021 (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 Keats 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.