Keith
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #800 for boys
Keith is a boys' name, meaning “wood”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 800th for boys in the US (311 babies).
What does Keith mean?
“wood”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Keith a girl's or a boy's name?
Keith is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 311 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keith in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Keith, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 87 boys.
Half of all the boys named Keith in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1924 (#86), 1934 (#36), 1944 (#14), 1954 (#18), 1964 (#33), 1974 (#53) and 1984 (#88).
Keith in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 30 | #972 |
| 2007 | 27 | #991 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 36 | #766 |
| 2004 | 45 | #616 |
| 2003 | 46 | #565 |
| 2002 | 31 | #692 |
| 2001 | 44 | #519 |
| 2000 | 51 | #466 |
| 1999 | 59 | #417 |
| 1998 | 67 | #390 |
| 1997 | 87 | #330 |
| 1996 | 73 | #352 |
How popular is Keith in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #800among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 311about 1 in 5,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 311 boys in the US were named Keith, making it the 800th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 598th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 12,437 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Keith than any year since 1914.
Half of all the boys named Keith in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keith in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 311 | #800 |
| 2024 | 337 | #756 |
| 2023 | 373 | #711 |
| 2022 | 382 | #694 |
| 2021 | 470 | #591 |
| 2020 | 461 | #598 |
| 2019 | 512 | #550 |
| 2018 | 571 | #503 |
| 2017 | 587 | #492 |
| 2016 | 634 | #485 |
| 2015 | 729 | #424 |
| 2014 | 754 | #412 |
| 2013 | 761 | #392 |
| 2012 | 842 | #361 |
| 2011 | 806 | #368 |
| 2010 | 890 | #346 |
| 2009 | 967 | #329 |
| 2008 | 1,061 | #314 |
| 2007 | 1,158 | #298 |
| 2006 | 1,250 | #276 |
| 2005 | 1,165 | #285 |
| 2004 | 1,315 | #252 |
| 2003 | 1,313 | #251 |
| 2002 | 1,326 | #248 |
| 2001 | 1,432 | #237 |
| 2000 | 1,525 | #222 |
| 1999 | 1,662 | #206 |
| 1998 | 1,785 | #190 |
| 1997 | 2,000 | #169 |
| 1996 | 2,183 | #159 |
| 1995 | 2,457 | #142 |
| 1994 | 2,785 | #126 |
| 1993 | 3,265 | #109 |
| 1992 | 3,628 | #102 |
| 1991 | 4,124 | #89 |
| 1990 | 4,481 | #80 |
| 1989 | 4,893 | #70 |
| 1988 | 4,949 | #70 |
| 1987 | 4,783 | #69 |
| 1986 | 5,040 | #66 |
| 1985 | 5,214 | #64 |
| 1984 | 5,327 | #61 |
| 1983 | 5,313 | #61 |
| 1982 | 5,620 | #59 |
| 1981 | 5,621 | #58 |
| 1980 | 5,887 | #56 |
| 1979 | 6,186 | #52 |
| 1978 | 6,172 | #49 |
| 1977 | 6,597 | #48 |
| 1976 | 6,745 | #48 |
| 1975 | 6,823 | #49 |
| 1974 | 7,390 | #44 |
| 1973 | 8,165 | #41 |
| 1972 | 9,145 | #38 |
| 1971 | 9,851 | #37 |
| 1970 | 9,615 | #38 |
| 1969 | 9,445 | #36 |
| 1968 | 9,861 | #35 |
| 1967 | 11,006 | #34 |
| 1966 | 11,614 | #32 |
| 1965 | 10,670 | #35 |
| 1964 | 11,655 | #34 |
| 1963 | 12,243 | #33 |
| 1962 | 11,626 | #36 |
| 1961 | 12,275 | #35 |
| 1960 | 12,180 | #35 |
| 1959 | 11,758 | #39 |
| 1958 | 11,905 | #37 |
| 1957 | 12,437 | #36 |
| 1956 | 11,480 | #36 |
| 1955 | 10,418 | #39 |
| 1954 | 8,355 | #45 |
| 1953 | 7,375 | #47 |
| 1952 | 7,174 | #49 |
| 1951 | 5,767 | #59 |
| 1950 | 4,566 | #78 |
| 1949 | 3,878 | #85 |
| 1948 | 3,660 | #89 |
| 1947 | 3,684 | #91 |
| 1946 | 2,860 | #96 |
| 1945 | 2,165 | #108 |
| 1944 | 2,293 | #104 |
| 1943 | 2,382 | #108 |
| 1942 | 1,785 | #123 |
| 1941 | 1,652 | #119 |
| 1940 | 1,512 | #125 |
| 1939 | 1,506 | #117 |
| 1938 | 1,535 | #120 |
| 1937 | 1,342 | #123 |
| 1936 | 1,402 | #122 |
| 1935 | 1,369 | #125 |
| 1934 | 1,352 | #125 |
| 1933 | 1,315 | #127 |
| 1932 | 1,315 | #133 |
| 1931 | 1,377 | #122 |
| 1930 | 1,354 | #130 |
| 1929 | 1,242 | #138 |
| 1928 | 1,223 | #139 |
| 1927 | 1,232 | #141 |
| 1926 | 1,120 | #148 |
| 1925 | 1,138 | #146 |
| 1924 | 1,071 | #150 |
| 1923 | 1,104 | #145 |
| 1922 | 984 | #157 |
| 1921 | 998 | #153 |
| 1920 | 803 | #175 |
| 1919 | 653 | #194 |
| 1918 | 580 | #214 |
| 1917 | 518 | #216 |
| 1916 | 476 | #224 |
| 1915 | 422 | #236 |
| 1914 | 291 | #251 |
| 1913 | 212 | #261 |
| 1912 | 169 | #271 |
| 1911 | 60 | #355 |
| 1910 | 43 | #407 |
| 1909 | 42 | #365 |
| 1908 | 42 | #349 |
| 1907 | 45 | #318 |
| 1906 | 31 | #387 |
| 1905 | 35 | #346 |
| 1904 | 17 | #538 |
| 1903 | 21 | #451 |
| 1902 | 20 | #475 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 16 | #623 |
| 1899 | 14 | #521 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 13 | #538 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Keith: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keith, updated 20 October 2026.