boys:
228 births since 1948
#4358 (5th percentile)
overall:
228 births since 1948
#7511 (3rd percentile)
The name Keath is the #7,511 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 228 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 2.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,358 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 228 births since 1948.
Keath first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (first recorded for boys in 1948). Birth data for Keath is available in 30 out of the 62 years between 1948 and 2009. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Keath reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #654) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2009.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keath".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Keath", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 3 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Keith" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Keith..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Keath. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.7% confident that Keath is pronounced as keeth, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is keeth, at 9.3% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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