Kieth
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEETH
- Origin
- Scottish
Kieth is a boys' name of Scottish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kieth mean?
Scottish: spelling of Keith, a Scottish surname
A spelling of Keith, from a Scottish surname taken from a place in East Lothian.
Is Kieth a girl's or a boy's name?
Kieth is a boys' name.
How popular is Kieth in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1964, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Kieth in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kieth in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 37 | #1,671 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 38 | #1,576 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,532 |
| 1978 | 50 | #1,272 |
| 1977 | 48 | #1,289 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 60 | #1,084 |
| 1974 | 58 | #1,082 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,037 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,069 |
| 1971 | 71 | #965 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,005 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,110 |
| 1968 | 66 | #884 |
| 1967 | 72 | #843 |
| 1966 | 61 | #932 |
| 1965 | 59 | #957 |
| 1964 | 88 | #806 |
| 1963 | 83 | #829 |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,027 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,012 |
| 1960 | 60 | #980 |
| 1959 | 65 | #949 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,039 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,014 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,091 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,113 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,360 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,479 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,135 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,241 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,231 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,274 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,655 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,326 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,348 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,381 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,532 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,540 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 19 | #1,815 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Names like Kieth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kenneth Keith Scott James Jay Roy Douglas John Donald Wayne Richard David
Names related to Kieth
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kieth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kieth, updated 20 October 2026.