girls:
2.2k births since 1900
#3659 (36th percentile)
boys:
437.2k births since 1888
#75 (98th percentile)
overall:
439.5k births since 1888
#159 (98th percentile)
The name Keith is the #159 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 439,453 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 98.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 98.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #75 (98.4% percentile) for all time with 437,237 births since 1888. For girls, it ranks #3,659 (36.0% percentile) for all time with 2,216 births since 1900.
Keith first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 1900 for girls). Birth data for Keith is available in 135 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (135 years for boys and 87 years for girls). 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.
The name Keith has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Keith reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 95.1% percentile (ranked #32) with 6,390 births per million. The name was most common in 1966, with 6,390 births per million (ranked 95.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1967, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Keith ranks #572 for boys (37.3% percentile) with 202 births per million, which is 3.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Keith reached its peak popularity in 1968, achieving the 9.1% percentile (ranked #679) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 43 births per million (ranked 9.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keith".
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