Meaning and history
From a Scottish surname derived from the name of an estate in East Lothian, possibly from the Celtic root * kaytos meaning “wood,” Keith was the surname of a long line of Scottish nobles. It has been used as a given name since the 19th century and became fairly common throughout the English-speaking world in the 20th century.
20062006: 1,250 births, rank #276
2007: 1,158 births, rank #298
2008: 1,061 births, rank #314
2009: 967 births, rank #329
2010: 890 births, rank #346
20112011: 806 births, rank #368
2012: 842 births, rank #361
2013: 761 births, rank #392
2014: 754 births, rank #412
2015: 729 births, rank #424
20162016: 634 births, rank #485
2017: 587 births, rank #492
2018: 571 births, rank #503
2019: 512 births, rank #550
2020: 461 births, rank #598
20212021: 470 births, rank #591
2022: 382 births, rank #694
2023: 373 births, rank #711
2024: 337 births, rank #756
20252025: 311 births, rank #800
Keith moved from #756 to #801 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1957, with 12,437 births.