Keith — #756 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Keith

The Social Security Administration has registered 437,592 babies named Keith between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keith currently holds the #756 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 12,437 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keith performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 112,573 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Keith shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 35,116 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Keith in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keith in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 437,592 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.