NameTides

Keith

Keith was the #800 boys' name in the US in 2025 (311 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #943 in Canada.

Keith as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Keith as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Keith as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#800 (311)#5,137 (3)#647 (4)—#577 (5)#943 (27)—
2024#756 (337)#3,689 (5)——#430 (8)#842 (30)—
2023#711 (373)#2,326 (9)——#584 (5)#680 (38)—
2022#694 (382)#2,756 (7)———#876 (28)—
2021#591 (470)#3,451 (5)———#770 (34)—
2020#598 (461)#3,334 (5)——#637 (4)#608 (42)—
2019#550 (512)#1,869 (12)#701 (3)——#633 (41)—
2018#503 (571)#1,786 (13)——#471 (7)#461 (60)—
2017#492 (587)#2,324 (9)——#495 (6)#731 (34)—
2016#485 (634)#2,804 (7)——#448 (7)#757 (33)—
2015#424 (729)#1,673 (14)——#294 (15)#452 (64)—
2014#412 (754)#1,935 (11)#680 (3)—#347 (12)#509 (55)—
2013#392 (761)#1,539 (15)——#383 (10)#598 (45)—
2012#361 (842)#1,507 (16)#568 (4)—#354 (11)#462 (60)—
2011#368 (806)#1,522 (15)#544 (4)—#342 (12)#484 (56)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1966 at #32.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Keith is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,500 to 1 in 6,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Keith by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: #621UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: #470SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #602FL
Keith (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Keith (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KeithCanadaGirls—too few
KeithCanadaBoys#94327
KeithEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
KeithIrelandBoys#5775
KeithNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KeithNSWBoys—too few
KeithScotlandBoys#6474
KeithUSGirls—too few
KeithUSBoys#800311