Schafer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Schafer

The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Schafer between 1992 and 2021, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Schafer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Schafer performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Schafer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Schafer 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 64 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.