Masculine dossier · first seen 1888

Keith

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Keith
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.3% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

12,437

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1888Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

97.3%

2024

336

All-time

437,592

Keith once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 12,437 boys were named Keith.

In 2024, only 336 boys were given the name.

Down 97.3% from its peak.

All told, about 437,592 Americans have been named Keith and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1888.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.3% from peak

195712,437 boys named Keith

2024336 boys named Keith

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