Keith
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning forest; from gaelic cèith.
How Keith has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #424 |
| 2016 | #485 |
| 2017 | #494 |
| 2018 | #503 |
| 2019 | #550 |
| 2020 | #598 |
| 2021 | #596 |
| 2022 | #693 |
| 2023 | #715 |
| 2024 | #756 |
| 2025 | #801 |
Keith by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Keith. In the US, 582 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 12,424 babies in 1957, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1965, about 1 in 180 American boys born that year was called Keith.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keith. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Keith, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Forrestwoodland dweller; one from the forest82 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Keith
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