Keefe — boys' name

What the Data Says About Keefe

The Social Security Administration has registered 658 babies named Keefe between 1952 and 2012, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keefe currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keefe performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Keefe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Keefe in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keefe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 658 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.