first name
KEITH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 328,988 people named Keith, 75.4% reported their origin as White, 17.3% as Black and 2.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Keith peaked in 1957, when 12,483 babies got the name.
At least 440,123 babies have been given the name since 1888. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Keith by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #73. The largest share of babies named Keith, 37.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Keith is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Keith has been most common in District of Columbia (1.8×), North Dakota (1.6×), and South Dakota (1.6×), and least common in Texas (0.57×).
435,757 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Keith
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Keith, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Keith ranks #749 of 156,621, with 45,259 people. See Keith as a last name
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