Keith
Top 1000
About Keith
Strong but gentle, Keith is one of the Scottish surnames that, along with Douglas, Craig and Bruce, were considered the epitome of cool in the 1960s and early 1970s, when it was a Top 40 choice.
Keith made his debut in the nineteenth century and was borne by a long line of Scottish nobles. In the recent past he's been represented by musicians Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Keith Jarrett and Keith Urban, as well as actor Keith Carradine, TV guy Keith Olbermann, artist Keith Haring and baseball star Keith Hernandez.
Pronounced KEETH.
As of October 2026, Keith ranked #801 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #32 in 1966, Nameberry popularity #497.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #412 | 754 | 392.5 |
| 2015 | #424 | 729 | 380.3 |
| 2016 | #485 | 634 | 334.1 |
| 2017 | #493 | 587 | 317.1 |
| 2018 | #503 | 570 | 313.8 |
| 2019 | #550 | 512 | 285.4 |
| 2020 | #597 | 461 | 267.1 |
| 2021 | #596 | 468 | 267.5 |
| 2022 | #693 | 382 | 218.8 |
| 2023 | #713 | 373 | 218.1 |
| 2024 | #756 | 336 | 195 |
| 2025 | #801 | 311 | 182.1 |
World rankings
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Keith on lists
Famous Keiths
- Keith Richards
English guitarist of band the Rolling Stones
- Keith Grant
American guitarist of the band Blues Prophecy
- Keith John Moon
English drummer of band The Who
- Keith Noel Emerson
English musician of the Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Keith Anderson
American country music singer
- Keith Cozart aka Chief Keef
American rapper
- Keith Maurice Ellison
U.S. Congressman from Minnesota
- Keith Ian Carradine
American actor
- Keith David
American actor
- Keith Joseph Michell
Australian actor
- Keith Allen Haring
American artist
- Keith Leon Potger
Australian singer
- Keith Hernandez
American baseball player
- Keith Theodore Olbermann
American political commentator
- Keith Lionel Urban
Australian country music singer
- (Keith) Rupert Murdoch
Australian,American media mogul
- Keith Habersberger
American actor and director for BuzzFeed
- (Julian) Keith Getty
Northern Irish composer
- Keith Declan Fahey
Irish footballer
- Keith Douglas Sweat
American R&B singer
- Keith Floyd
British celebrity chef
- Keith Jacka Holyoake
26th Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Keith Malley
American comedian of podcast Keith and the Girl
- Keith Powers
American actor & model
- Keith Leak Jr.
American YouTuber and member of Smosh
- Keith (born James Barry Keefer)
American pop singer
- (William) Keith Relf
English lead singer of the Yardbirds
- (Margaret) Keith Smythe Meacham
wife of presidential historian/biographer Jon Meacham
Keith in pop culture
- Keith "Two
Bit" Mathews, character from the book/movie "The Outsiders"
- Keith Partridge
character on "The Partridge Family"
- Keith Mars
character in the TV show "Veronica Mars"
- "Bandit" Keith Howard
character from the manga/anime Yu,Gi,Oh
- Keith Scott
character on "One Tree Hill"
- Keith Anderson
character on TV's "Good Times"
- Keith Nelson
character from the movie, "Some Kind Of Wonderful"
- Keith Butterfield
character in film "Endless Love"
- Crazy Keith
koala on TV's Bear Behaving Badly
- Keith Dudemeister
character on TV's Scrubs
- Keith Goodman
character in anime Tiger & Bunny
- Keith Kogane
character from the Netflix Series "Voltron: Legendary Defender"
- Also a girl's name
like Keith Meacham.
- Keith Shadis
head instructor of 104th Training Corps in anime/manga 'Attack On Titan'