Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Keith

#79 most common boys' name of all time · #161 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1888–2025

Rank among boys
#79
Rank overall
#161 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
440,123
Since 2016
4,638
Peak year
1957 #36
Best rank
#32 1966
Girls Boys peak 12,483/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Keith first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 311 311 #801
2024 — 337 337 #756
2023 — 373 373 #713
2022 — 382 382 #694
2021 — 470 470 #591
2020 — 461 461 #598
2019 — 512 512 #550
2018 — 571 571 #503
2017 — 587 587 #494
2016 — 634 634 #485
2015 — 729 729 #424
2014 — 754 754 #412
2013 — 761 761 #392
2012 — 842 842 #362
2011 — 806 806 #368
2010 — 890 890 #346
2009 — 967 967 #329
2008 — 1,061 1,061 #315
2007 8 1,158 1,166 #298
2006 — 1,250 1,250 #276
2005 — 1,165 1,165 #285
2004 8 1,315 1,323 #252
2003 8 1,313 1,321 #251
2002 6 1,326 1,332 #248
2001 — 1,432 1,432 #237
2000 9 1,525 1,534 #222
1999 — 1,662 1,662 #206
1998 — 1,785 1,785 #190
1997 5 2,000 2,005 #169
1996 8 2,183 2,191 #159
1995 5 2,457 2,462 #142
1994 11 2,785 2,796 #126
1993 14 3,265 3,279 #109
1992 15 3,628 3,643 #102
1991 13 4,124 4,137 #89
1990 23 4,481 4,504 #80
1989 26 4,893 4,919 #70
1988 41 4,949 4,990 #70
1987 45 4,783 4,828 #69
1986 36 5,040 5,076 #66
1985 45 5,214 5,259 #64
1984 44 5,327 5,371 #61
1983 40 5,313 5,353 #61
1982 38 5,620 5,658 #59
1981 44 5,621 5,665 #58
1980 40 5,887 5,927 #56
1979 44 6,186 6,230 #52
1978 29 6,172 6,201 #49
1977 40 6,597 6,637 #48
1976 61 6,745 6,806 #48
1975 34 6,823 6,857 #49
1974 51 7,390 7,441 #44
1973 60 8,165 8,225 #41
1972 45 9,145 9,190 #38
1971 48 9,851 9,899 #37
1970 58 9,615 9,673 #38
1969 48 9,445 9,493 #36
1968 74 9,861 9,935 #35
1967 62 11,006 11,068 #34
1966 59 11,614 11,673 #32
1965 43 10,670 10,713 #35
1964 45 11,655 11,700 #34
1963 51 12,243 12,294 #33
1962 55 11,626 11,681 #36
1961 53 12,275 12,328 #35
1960 45 12,180 12,225 #35
1959 48 11,758 11,806 #39
1958 42 11,905 11,947 #37
1957 46 12,437 12,483 #36
1956 31 11,480 11,511 #36
1955 32 10,418 10,450 #39
1954 20 8,355 8,375 #45
1953 20 7,375 7,395 #47
1952 32 7,174 7,206 #49
1951 20 5,767 5,787 #59
1950 20 4,566 4,586 #78
1949 14 3,878 3,892 #85
1948 16 3,660 3,676 #89
1947 13 3,684 3,697 #91
1946 18 2,860 2,878 #96
1945 7 2,165 2,172 #108
1944 16 2,293 2,309 #104
1943 12 2,382 2,394 #108
1942 11 1,785 1,796 #123
1941 10 1,652 1,662 #119
1940 6 1,512 1,518 #125
1939 8 1,506 1,514 #117
1938 11 1,535 1,546 #120
1937 7 1,342 1,349 #123
1936 6 1,402 1,408 #122
1935 — 1,369 1,369 #125
1934 8 1,352 1,360 #125
1933 13 1,315 1,328 #127
1932 11 1,315 1,326 #133
1931 14 1,377 1,391 #123
1930 16 1,354 1,370 #130
1929 9 1,242 1,251 #138
1928 16 1,223 1,239 #139
1927 10 1,232 1,242 #141
1926 13 1,120 1,133 #148
1925 18 1,138 1,156 #146
1924 9 1,071 1,080 #150
1923 6 1,104 1,110 #145
1922 15 984 999 #157
1921 8 998 1,006 #153
1920 11 803 814 #175
1919 9 653 662 #194
1918 9 580 589 #214
1917 5 518 523 #216
1916 8 476 484 #225
1915 — 422 422 #236
1914 — 291 291 #251
1913 — 212 212 #262
1912 — 169 169 #274
1911 — 60 60 #356
1910 — 43 43 #414
1909 — 42 42 #370
1908 — 42 42 #354
1907 — 45 45 #321
1906 — 31 31 #393
1905 — 35 35 #353
1904 — 17 17 #564
1903 — 21 21 #469
1902 — 20 20 #488
1901 — 15 15 #534
1900 5 16 21 #647
1899 — 14 14 #547
1898 — 7 7 #984
1897 — 7 7 #930
1896 — 14 14 #591
1895 — 6 6 #1,062
1894 — 11 11 #667
1893 — 13 13 #571
1892 — 7 7 #953
1890 — 7 7 #881
1889 — 6 6 #960
1888 — 6 6 #1,026