Kieth
Kieth was last recorded in 2010, when 7 babies were given it; 2,837 Americans have been recorded with it between 1915 and 2010 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,000 Americans named Kieth and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (70% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 45 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kieth by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kieth?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,271, in 2010; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
88 babies in 1964, the peak
Kieth peaked in 1964, when 88 boys were given it, #807 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | #10,271 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | 6 | #11,796 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,472 | 3.9 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,568 | 7.7 |
| 2006 | 6 | #11,416 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | 9 | #8,019 | 4.5 |
| 2002 | 8 | #8,094 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,852 | 4.1 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,291 | 5.2 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,588 | 4.7 |
Every recorded year (92)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 12 | #5,126 | 6.4 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,758 | 9.5 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,168 | 7.9 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,280 | 10.9 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,745 | 8.7 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,775 | 12.5 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,114 | 17.3 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,578 | 12.7 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,123 | 16.5 |
| 1988 | 32 | #2,012 | 16.7 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,879 | 18.2 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,565 | 11.4 |
| 1985 | 37 | #1,685 | 20.0 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,206 | 13.3 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,930 | 15.6 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,612 | 20.9 |
| 1981 | 38 | #1,587 | 21.2 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,677 | 19.6 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,553 | 22.1 |
| 1978 | 50 | #1,277 | 30.5 |
| 1977 | 48 | #1,303 | 29.2 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,248 | 31.2 |
| 1975 | 60 | #1,090 | 38.4 |
| 1974 | 58 | #1,089 | 36.9 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,041 | 39.1 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,077 | 35.2 |
| 1971 | 71 | #970 | 40.1 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,010 | 35.0 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,117 | 27.4 |
| 1968 | 66 | #890 | 38.0 |
| 1967 | 72 | #846 | 41.3 |
| 1966 | 61 | #935 | 34.2 |
| 1965 | 59 | #959 | 31.7 |
| 1964 | 88 | #807 | 44.2 |
| 1963 | 83 | #834 | 40.9 |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,031 | 26.6 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,022 | 27.8 |
| 1960 | 60 | #990 | 28.1 |
| 1959 | 65 | #958 | 30.5 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,042 | 25.4 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,018 | 26.0 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,098 | 22.7 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,123 | 21.4 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,370 | 15.2 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,493 | 13.2 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,139 | 21.6 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,251 | 18.6 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,242 | 19.0 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,288 | 18.0 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,683 | 11.4 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,378 | 15.9 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,345 | 17.2 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,362 | 17.8 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,247 | 21.3 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,669 | 13.3 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,402 | 18.1 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,794 | 13.0 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,546 | 17.3 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,557 | 17.2 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,419 | 20.7 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,955 | 13.1 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,568 | 18.3 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,382 | 24.0 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,894 | 14.5 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,619 | 19.2 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,493 | 22.0 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,744 | 17.3 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,239 | 11.8 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,515 | 10.2 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,496 | 22.6 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,919 | 16.0 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,137 | 13.5 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,969 | 15.2 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,929 | 8.8 |
| 1923 | 19 | #1,841 | 17.3 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,907 | 9.2 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,946 | 16.3 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,680 | 10.3 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,433 | 12.2 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,793 | 9.9 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,222 | 5.6 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,635 | 7.1 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Kieth a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kieth has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 92 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Kieth: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kieth, and how old are they?
2,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 70% of the 2,837 Americans ever recorded as Kieth. The median Kieth alive today is 56 years old; half are between 45 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 2,559 people named Kieth (5 women and girls, 2,554 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,166 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 74 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 617 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 790 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 419 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 97 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Kieth born?
The states with the most babies named Kieth are California, New York and Wisconsin, with 52% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Wisconsin is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 112 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 57 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Wisconsin | 38 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 31 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 31 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 21 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 20 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 19 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 18 | not ranked | 0.3× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Kieth with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kieth
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Kieth and names like it
- Compare Kieth and RodericBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sKieth peaked in 1964.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kieth since 1910.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Kieth.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Kieth alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with KMost given first.