Kieth

Last seen for boys in 2010 at #9,693

Peak · boys
1964 · 88 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,837
since 1915

Kieth over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kieth has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #806, 1964boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2010#9,6937
2009#10,9946
2008#9,0198
2007#5,43416
2006#10,6626
2005#7,6409
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2002#7,6438
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2000#7,4168
1999#6,04210
1998#6,3149
1997#4,96012
1996#3,67818
1995#4,05215
1994#3,21521
1993#3,66117
1992#2,74725
1991#2,09535
1990#2,55326
1989#2,10633
1988#1,98932
1987#1,86434
1986#2,51021
1985#1,67237
1984#2,15924
1983#1,90528
1982#1,59638
1981#1,57738
1980#1,65535
1979#1,53238
1978#1,27250
1977#1,28948
1976#1,23849
1975#1,08460
1974#1,08258
1973#1,03761
1972#1,06957
1971#96571
1970#1,00565
1969#1,11049
1968#88466
1967#84372
1966#93261
1965#95759
1964#80688
1963#82983
1962#1,02855
1961#1,01359
1960#98160
1959#95065
1958#1,04054
1957#1,01556
1956#1,09248
1955#1,11444
1954#1,36131
1953#1,48026
1952#1,13642
1951#1,24235
1950#1,23234
1949#1,27532
1948#1,65620
1947#1,36329
1946#1,32728
1945#1,34924
1944#1,23529
1943#1,63619
1942#1,38125
1941#1,75916
1940#1,51920
1939#1,53219
1938#1,39723
1937#1,91314
1936#1,54019
1935#1,35425
1934#1,86015
1933#1,58619
1932#1,46523
1931#1,69318
1930#2,17813
1929#2,45211
1928#1,48025
1927#1,87118
1926#2,07415
1925#1,93517
1924#2,82210
1923#1,81619
1922#2,80110
1921#1,90418
1920#2,60211
1919#2,38512
1918#2,69910
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1916#3,8975
1915#3,3926
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Kieth! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kieth is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedMINew York: #714 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 22,614 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Kieth, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#714 · 1 in 22,614

Best ever in a state: #262 in Iowa, 1942.

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See more about Kieth
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
  • Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1963 (#1,028 → #829)
  • Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1969 (#884 → #1,110)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1964 at #806 (88 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1963–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,644
  • Highest: 1 in 22,644 boys born in 1964 were named Kieth (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 274,097 boys born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 23.0% of all boys named Kieth (652) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s33#2,385 (1919)#3,093
1920s154#1,480 (1928)#2,176
1930s188#1,354 (1935)#1,652
1940s242#1,235 (1944)#1,450
1950s435#950 (1959)#1,166
1960s652#806 (1964)#938
1970s557#965 (1971)#1,157
1980s320#1,577 (1981)#1,903
1990s188#2,095 (1991)#3,932
2000s61#5,434 (2007)#8,401
2010s7#9,693 (2010)#9,693

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kieth in 1959

boys
#950
65 births · 1 in 32,839 boys

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #950Kieth65
More about 1959

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 32,839 of them was named Kieth, which outranked 79.2% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kieth
  1. #946Lucious66
  2. #946Odis66
  3. #946Raymon66
  4. #950Kieth65
  5. #950Abe65
  6. #950Alphonse65
  7. #950Benton65
  8. #964Cleo64
  9. #964Collin64
  10. #964Farrell64

Tied with 13 names at #950; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1959 →