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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Keith” in the USA?

Number of people named “Keith” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Keith” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Keith” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Keith” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Keith” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Keith” by birth year

This chart shows how “Keith” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 -100%
1900 21 0.00004664 5 16 -52%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 -100%
1902 20 0.000051715 20 -100%
1903 21 0.000055089 21 -100%
1904 17 0.000042133 17 -100%
1905 35 0.000082562 35 -100%
1906 31 0.000072354 31 -100%
1907 45 0.000096693 45 -100%
1908 42 0.000085951 42 -100%
1909 42 0.000082156 42 -100%
1910 43 0.000072794 43 -100%
1911 60 0.000093127 60 -100%
1912 169 0.000171042 169 -100%
1913 212 0.000186438 212 -100%
1914 291 0.000205459 291 -100%
1915 422 0.000230296 422 -100%
1916 484 0.000250205 8 476 -97%
1917 523 0.00026062 5 518 -98%
1918 589 0.00027129 9 580 -97%
1919 662 0.000313708 9 653 -97%
1920 814 0.000359756 11 803 -97%
1921 1006 0.000430926 8 998 -98%
1922 999 0.000436405 15 984 -97%
1923 1110 0.000482089 6 1104 -99%
1924 1080 0.000453475 9 1071 -98%
1925 1156 0.000495435 18 1138 -97%
1926 1133 0.000493487 13 1120 -98%
1927 1242 0.000535493 10 1232 -98%
1928 1239 0.000548003 16 1223 -97%
1929 1251 0.00057067 9 1242 -99%
1930 1370 0.000616204 16 1354 -98%
1931 1391 0.000661 14 1377 -98%
1932 1326 0.000628052 11 1315 -98%
1933 1328 0.000664184 13 1315 -98%
1934 1361 0.00065533 8 1353 -99%
1935 1368 0.000654577 1368 -100%
1936 1408 0.000677712 6 1402 -99%
1937 1349 0.000633134 7 1342 -99%
1938 1546 0.000698734 11 1535 -99%
1939 1514 0.000687107 8 1506 -99%
1940 1518 0.00065923 6 1512 -99%
1941 1662 0.000682147 10 1652 -99%
1942 1796 0.000657438 11 1785 -99%
1943 2394 0.000848167 12 2382 -99%
1944 2309 0.000858339 16 2293 -99%
1945 2171 0.000818347 7 2164 -99%
1946 2878 0.000900696 18 2860 -99%
1947 3696 0.001026005 13 3683 -99%
1948 3677 0.00106502 16 3661 -99%
1949 3892 0.001116858 14 3878 -99%
1950 4587 0.001309315 20 4567 -99%
1951 5787 0.001570958 20 5767 -99%
1952 7206 0.001897312 32 7174 -99%
1953 7396 0.001919222 20 7376 -99%
1954 8378 0.002104651 20 8358 -100%
1955 10447 0.002601941 32 10415 -99%
1956 11511 0.002791874 31 11480 -99%
1957 12483 0.002970627 46 12437 -99%
1958 11945 0.00288952 42 11903 -99%
1959 11807 0.002839592 48 11759 -99%
1960 12219 0.002941633 45 12174 -99%
1961 12331 0.002976848 53 12278 -99%
1962 11681 0.002894653 56 11625 -99%
1963 12292 0.003105452 50 12242 -99%
1964 11700 0.003009565 45 11655 -99%
1965 10714 0.00295522 43 10671 -99%
1966 11673 0.003358504 59 11614 -99%
1967 11068 0.003260187 62 11006 -99%
1968 9939 0.002941914 74 9865 -99%
1969 9491 0.002730969 48 9443 -99%
1970 9673 0.002682091 58 9615 -99%
1971 9900 0.002884317 48 9852 -99%
1972 9191 0.002924282 45 9146 -99%
1973 8227 0.002726983 60 8167 -99%
1974 7441 0.002447698 51 7390 -99%
1975 6856 0.002270654 34 6822 -99%
1976 6805 0.002242692 61 6744 -98%
1977 6638 0.002089725 40 6598 -99%
1978 6201 0.001953766 29 6172 -99%
1979 6232 0.001873159 44 6188 -99%
1980 5927 0.001720711 40 5887 -99%
1981 5665 0.001637579 44 5621 -98%
1982 5658 0.001612902 38 5620 -99%
1983 5353 0.001545618 40 5313 -99%
1984 5372 0.001539804 44 5328 -98%
1985 5260 0.001473757 45 5215 -98%
1986 5076 0.001427014 36 5040 -99%
1987 4827 0.001338746 45 4782 -98%
1988 4989 0.001350187 41 4948 -98%
1989 4918 0.001279248 26 4892 -99%
1990 4504 0.001139538 23 4481 -99%
1991 4137 0.001062059 13 4124 -99%
1992 3643 0.000948384 15 3628 -99%
1993 3279 0.000869697 14 3265 -99%
1994 2796 0.000752087 11 2785 -99%
1995 2462 0.000672282 5 2457 -100%
1996 2191 0.000600736 8 2183 -99%
1997 2005 0.000552989 5 2000 -100%
1998 1785 0.000485291 1785 -100%
1999 1662 0.000449935 1662 -100%
2000 1534 0.00040583 9 1525 -99%
2001 1432 0.000382541 1432 -100%
2002 1332 0.000356313 6 1326 -99%
2003 1321 0.00034742 8 1313 -99%
2004 1323 0.000346251 8 1315 -99%
2005 1165 0.000303003 1165 -100%
2006 1250 0.000315961 1250 -100%
2007 1164 0.000291169 8 1156 -99%
2008 1061 0.000269929 1061 -100%
2009 967 0.00025313 967 -100%
2010 890 0.000240818 890 -100%
2011 806 0.000220352 806 -100%
2012 842 0.00023022 842 -100%
2013 761 0.000208741 761 -100%
2014 754 0.000203433 754 -100%
2015 729 0.000196978 729 -100%
2016 634 0.000172813 634 -100%
2017 587 0.000164141 587 -100%
2018 570 0.000162121 570 -100%
2019 512 0.000147511 512 -100%
2020 461 0.000138 461 -100%
2021 468 0.000138137 468 -100%
2022 382 0.000112913 382 -100%
2023 373 0.000112648 373 -100%
2024 336 0.000100946 336 -100%

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