Boys' name · since 1966
Keil
Keil has 317 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,284 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 317
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
317 boys have been named Keil since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Keil has 317 recorded births among boys since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2015.
- #10,284 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 317 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keil ranks #10,284 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 317 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,284 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 317
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Keil's 317 recorded births place it above 77.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keil's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2015
- Peak year (1985)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Keil by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (143 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Keil's strongest decade.
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Keil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s 42
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
143 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 143 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Keil's decade-level peak was the 1980s (143 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1966–2015 (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 Keil 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.