Keith was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #32 in 1966 but is far less common today.
Keith is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #801 for boy births in the United States (and #1,647 across all names), given to 311 babies. Keith first appears in 1888 and peaked in 1957 (12,437 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 311 | 311 | — | #801 |
| 2024 | 337 | 337 | — | #756 |
| 2023 | 373 | 373 | — | #713 |
| 2022 | 382 | 382 | — | #694 |
| 2021 | 470 | 470 | — | #592 |
| 2020 | 461 | 461 | — | #598 |
| 2019 | 512 | 512 | — | #550 |
| 2018 | 571 | 571 | — | #503 |
| 2017 | 587 | 587 | — | #493 |
| 2016 | 634 | 634 | — | #485 |
| 2015 | 729 | 729 | — | #424 |
| 2014 | 754 | 754 | — | #412 |
| 2013 | 761 | 761 | — | #393 |
| 2012 | 842 | 842 | — | #362 |
| 2011 | 806 | 806 | — | #368 |
| 2010 | 890 | 890 | — | #346 |
| 2009 | 967 | 967 | — | #329 |
| 2008 | 1,061 | 1,061 | — | #315 |
| 2007 | 1,166 | 1,166 | #13,306 | #298 |
| 2006 | 1,250 | 1,250 | — | #276 |
| 2005 | 1,165 | 1,165 | — | #285 |
| 2004 | 1,323 | 1,323 | #12,190 | #252 |
| 2003 | 1,321 | 1,321 | #11,871 | #251 |
| 2002 | 1,332 | 1,332 | #14,518 | #248 |
| 2001 | 1,432 | 1,432 | — | #237 |
| 2000 | 1,534 | 1,539 | #10,321 | #222 |
| 1999 | 1,662 | 1,662 | — | #206 |
| 1998 | 1,785 | 1,790 | — | #190 |
| 1997 | 2,005 | — | #14,897 | #169 |
| 1996 | 2,191 | — | #10,041 | #159 |
| 1995 | 2,462 | — | #14,538 | #142 |
| 1994 | 2,796 | — | #7,876 | #126 |
| 1993 | 3,279 | — | #6,433 | #109 |
| 1992 | 3,643 | — | #6,150 | #102 |
| 1991 | 4,137 | — | #6,787 | #89 |
| 1990 | 4,504 | — | #4,309 | #80 |
| 1989 | 4,919 | — | #3,829 | #70 |
| 1988 | 4,990 | — | #2,616 | #70 |
| 1987 | 4,828 | — | #2,345 | #69 |
| 1986 | 5,076 | — | #2,696 | #66 |
| 1985 | 5,259 | — | #2,269 | #64 |
| 1984 | 5,371 | — | #2,245 | #61 |
| 1983 | 5,353 | — | #2,372 | #61 |
| 1982 | 5,658 | — | #2,510 | #59 |
| 1981 | 5,665 | — | #2,284 | #58 |
| 1980 | 5,927 | — | #2,408 | #56 |
| 1979 | 6,230 | — | #2,230 | #52 |
| 1978 | 6,201 | — | #2,823 | #49 |
| 1977 | 6,637 | — | #2,276 | #48 |
| 1976 | 6,806 | — | #1,625 | #48 |
| 1975 | 6,857 | — | #2,381 | #49 |
| 1974 | 7,441 | — | #1,762 | #44 |
| 1973 | 8,225 | — | #1,556 | #41 |
| 1972 | 9,190 | — | #1,869 | #38 |
| 1971 | 9,899 | — | #1,836 | #37 |
| 1970 | 9,673 | — | #1,625 | #38 |
| 1969 | 9,493 | — | #1,767 | #36 |
| 1968 | 9,935 | — | #1,283 | #35 |
| 1967 | 11,068 | — | #1,409 | #34 |
| 1966 | 11,673 | — | #1,436 | #32 |
| 1965 | 10,713 | — | #1,727 | #35 |
| 1964 | 11,700 | — | #1,738 | #34 |
| 1963 | 12,294 | — | #1,588 | #33 |
| 1962 | 11,681 | — | #1,516 | #36 |
| 1961 | 12,328 | — | #1,562 | #35 |
| 1960 | 12,225 | — | #1,684 | #35 |
| 1959 | 11,806 | — | #1,576 | #39 |
| 1958 | 11,947 | — | #1,666 | #37 |
| 1957 | 12,483 | — | #1,599 | #36 |
| 1956 | 11,511 | — | #1,947 | #36 |
| 1955 | 10,450 | — | #1,895 | #39 |
| 1954 | 8,375 | — | #2,480 | #45 |
| 1953 | 7,395 | — | #2,396 | #47 |
| 1952 | 7,206 | — | #1,760 | #49 |
| 1951 | 5,787 | — | #2,285 | #59 |
| 1950 | 4,586 | — | #2,217 | #78 |
| 1949 | 3,892 | — | #2,789 | #85 |
| 1948 | 3,676 | — | #2,549 | #89 |
| 1947 | 3,697 | — | #2,979 | #91 |
| 1946 | 2,878 | — | #2,271 | #96 |
| 1945 | 2,172 | — | #3,839 | #108 |
| 1944 | 2,309 | — | #2,242 | #104 |
| 1943 | 2,394 | — | #2,779 | #108 |
| 1942 | 1,796 | — | #2,901 | #123 |
| 1941 | 1,662 | — | #2,950 | #119 |
| 1940 | 1,518 | — | #4,103 | #125 |
| 1939 | 1,514 | — | #3,288 | #117 |
| 1938 | 1,546 | — | #2,663 | #120 |
| 1937 | 1,349 | — | #3,628 | #123 |
| 1936 | 1,408 | — | #3,937 | #122 |
| 1935 | 1,369 | — | — | #125 |
| 1934 | 1,360 | — | #3,314 | #125 |
| 1933 | 1,328 | — | #2,334 | #127 |
| 1932 | 1,326 | — | #2,736 | #133 |
| 1931 | 1,391 | — | #2,256 | #123 |
| 1930 | 1,370 | — | #2,157 | #130 |
| 1929 | 1,251 | — | #3,259 | #138 |
| 1928 | 1,239 | — | #2,238 | #139 |
| 1927 | 1,242 | — | #3,175 | #141 |
| 1926 | 1,133 | — | #2,636 | #148 |
| 1925 | 1,156 | — | #2,154 | #146 |
| 1924 | 1,080 | — | #3,524 | #150 |
| 1923 | 1,110 | — | #4,679 | #145 |
| 1922 | 999 | — | #2,433 | #157 |
| 1921 | 1,006 | — | #3,848 | #153 |
| 1920 | 814 | — | #3,001 | #175 |
| 1919 | 662 | — | #3,331 | #194 |
| 1918 | 589 | — | #3,388 | #214 |
| 1917 | 523 | — | #4,948 | #216 |
| 1916 | 484 | — | #3,415 | #224 |
| 1915 | 422 | — | — | #236 |
| 1914 | 291 | — | — | #251 |
| 1913 | 212 | — | — | #261 |
| 1912 | 169 | — | — | #273 |
| 1911 | 60 | — | — | #356 |
| 1910 | 43 | — | — | #411 |
| 1909 | 42 | — | — | #366 |
| 1908 | 42 | — | — | #351 |
| 1907 | 45 | — | — | #318 |
| 1906 | 31 | — | — | #391 |
| 1905 | 35 | — | — | #350 |
| 1904 | 17 | — | — | #551 |
| 1903 | 21 | — | — | #460 |
| 1902 | 20 | — | — | #482 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | — | #520 |
| 1900 | 21 | — | #2,075 | #638 |
| 1899 | 14 | — | — | #532 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | — | #945 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | — | #893 |
| 1896 | 14 | — | — | #572 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1894 | 11 | — | — | #654 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | — | #558 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | — | #910 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | — | #848 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | — | #931 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | — | #990 |