Boys' name · since 1970
Keefer
315 babies named Keefer in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,310 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 315
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keefer sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 315 recorded since 1970.
Keefer has 315 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2022.
- #10,310 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 315 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keefer ranks #10,310 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 315 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,310 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 315
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keefer's 315 recorded births place it above 77.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keefer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keefer's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 40% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 60%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keefer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2022
- Peak year (1992)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Keefer by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (138 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Keefer's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Keefer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
138 births
- 2000s
2000s
100 births
- 2010s 43
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 138 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Keefer's decade-level peak was the 1990s (138 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keefer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Keefer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.