Recorded 2012–2023 Girls' name Peak 2018 63 births

Pfeiffer — girls' name

63 babies named Pfeiffer in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2010s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Pfeiffer was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

10 babies were named Pfeiffer in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Pfeiffer

The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Pfeiffer between 2012 and 2023, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pfeiffer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pfeiffer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Pfeiffer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pfeiffer 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 63 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.

Pfeiffer at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

63

Since 2012

12 years of records

Peak year

2018

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2012

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 2023

Pfeiffer popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2012

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2018)
10
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
4681012 2023202220212020201920182017201520142012 5

Pfeiffer by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
39 births that decade — 62% of Pfeiffer's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pfeiffer?
63 babies have been named Pfeiffer since 2012. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2018 with 10 births.
When was Pfeiffer most popular?
Pfeiffer was most popular in the 2010s decade with 39 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Pfeiffer been used?
Pfeiffer has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 12 years of data through 2023.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2012–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.