Boys' name · since 1989
Kieffer
Kieffer has 166 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,100 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 166
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kieffer is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 166 have been recorded since 1989.
Kieffer has 166 recorded births among boys since 1989, 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 1989 to 2014.
- #14,100 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 166 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kieffer ranks #14,100 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,100 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 166
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kieffer's 166 recorded births place it above 68.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kieffer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kieffer's full recorded timeline at 1998, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kieffer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2014
- Peak year (1994)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Kieffer by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (111 births, 67% of the file).
1990s was Kieffer's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Kieffer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
111 births
- 2000s 35
2000s
35 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 111 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Kieffer's decade-level peak was the 1990s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2010s -- 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 Kieffer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1989–2014 (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 Kieffer 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.