Keith is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1647 for boy births in the United States, given to 311 babies. Keith first appears in the data in 1888 and reached its peak in 1957 (12,483 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 311 | #1,647 |
| 2024 | 337 | #1,567 |
| 2023 | 373 | #1,461 |
| 2022 | 382 | #1,445 |
| 2021 | 470 | #1,216 |
| 2020 | 461 | #1,218 |
| 2019 | 512 | #1,146 |
| 2018 | 571 | #1,043 |
| 2017 | 587 | #1,020 |
| 2016 | 634 | #972 |
| 2015 | 729 | #856 |
| 2014 | 754 | #835 |
| 2013 | 761 | #798 |
| 2012 | 842 | #734 |
| 2011 | 806 | #765 |
| 2010 | 890 | #705 |
| 2009 | 967 | #674 |
| 2008 | 1,061 | #639 |
| 2007 | 1,166 | #585 |
| 2006 | 1,250 | #541 |
| 2005 | 1,165 | #569 |
| 2004 | 1,323 | #500 |
| 2003 | 1,321 | #502 |
| 2002 | 1,332 | #487 |
| 2001 | 1,432 | #461 |
| 2000 | 1,534 | #429 |
| 1999 | 1,662 | #393 |
| 1998 | 1,785 | #364 |
| 1997 | 2,005 | #328 |
| 1996 | 2,191 | #306 |
| 1995 | 2,462 | #274 |
| 1994 | 2,796 | #241 |
| 1993 | 3,279 | #209 |
| 1992 | 3,643 | #194 |
| 1991 | 4,137 | #177 |
| 1990 | 4,504 | #154 |
| 1989 | 4,919 | #139 |
| 1988 | 4,990 | #136 |
| 1987 | 4,828 | #134 |
| 1986 | 5,076 | #124 |
| 1985 | 5,259 | #125 |
| 1984 | 5,371 | #119 |
| 1983 | 5,353 | #116 |
| 1982 | 5,658 | #112 |
| 1981 | 5,665 | #108 |
| 1980 | 5,927 | #103 |
| 1979 | 6,230 | #93 |
| 1978 | 6,201 | #92 |
| 1977 | 6,637 | #87 |
| 1976 | 6,806 | #86 |
| 1975 | 6,857 | #88 |
| 1974 | 7,441 | #80 |
| 1973 | 8,225 | #70 |
| 1972 | 9,190 | #66 |
| 1971 | 9,899 | #68 |
| 1970 | 9,673 | #71 |
| 1969 | 9,493 | #73 |
| 1968 | 9,935 | #69 |
| 1967 | 11,068 | #68 |
| 1966 | 11,673 | #66 |
| 1965 | 10,713 | #73 |
| 1964 | 11,700 | #73 |
| 1963 | 12,294 | #66 |
| 1962 | 11,681 | #74 |
| 1961 | 12,328 | #71 |
| 1960 | 12,225 | #69 |
| 1959 | 11,806 | #73 |
| 1958 | 11,947 | #70 |
| 1957 | 12,483 | #67 |
| 1956 | 11,511 | #66 |
| 1955 | 10,450 | #71 |
| 1954 | 8,375 | #94 |
| 1953 | 7,395 | #106 |
| 1952 | 7,206 | #103 |
| 1951 | 5,787 | #130 |
| 1950 | 4,586 | #159 |
| 1949 | 3,892 | #178 |
| 1948 | 3,676 | #192 |
| 1947 | 3,697 | #196 |
| 1946 | 2,878 | #211 |
| 1945 | 2,172 | #230 |
| 1944 | 2,309 | #224 |
| 1943 | 2,394 | #233 |
| 1942 | 1,796 | #271 |
| 1941 | 1,662 | #268 |
| 1940 | 1,518 | #278 |
| 1939 | 1,514 | #270 |
| 1938 | 1,546 | #270 |
| 1937 | 1,349 | #281 |
| 1936 | 1,408 | #273 |
| 1935 | 1,369 | #274 |
| 1934 | 1,360 | #278 |
| 1933 | 1,328 | #276 |
| 1932 | 1,326 | #285 |
| 1931 | 1,391 | #268 |
| 1930 | 1,370 | #281 |
| 1929 | 1,251 | #302 |
| 1928 | 1,239 | #307 |
| 1927 | 1,242 | #311 |
| 1926 | 1,133 | #333 |
| 1925 | 1,156 | #332 |
| 1924 | 1,080 | #347 |
| 1923 | 1,110 | #338 |
| 1922 | 999 | #362 |
| 1921 | 1,006 | #354 |
| 1920 | 814 | #404 |
| 1919 | 662 | #443 |
| 1918 | 589 | #468 |
| 1917 | 523 | #484 |
| 1916 | 484 | #494 |
| 1915 | 422 | #520 |
| 1914 | 291 | #557 |
| 1913 | 212 | #593 |
| 1912 | 169 | #628 |
| 1911 | 60 | #892 |
| 1910 | 43 | #1,063 |
| 1909 | 42 | #970 |
| 1908 | 42 | #924 |
| 1907 | 45 | #859 |
| 1906 | 31 | #1,042 |
| 1905 | 35 | #945 |
| 1904 | 17 | #1,430 |
| 1903 | 21 | #1,212 |
| 1902 | 20 | #1,250 |
| 1901 | 15 | #1,370 |
| 1900 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 1899 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1898 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1897 | 7 | #2,113 |
| 1896 | 14 | #1,449 |
| 1895 | 6 | #2,395 |
| 1894 | 11 | #1,600 |
| 1893 | 13 | #1,389 |
| 1892 | 7 | #2,069 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,945 |
| 1889 | 6 | #2,064 |
| 1888 | 6 | #2,141 |