Keefe
- Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
- Peak · boys
- 1963 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 658since 1952
Keefe over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Keefe has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #2,780 | 23 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #1,354 | 33 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
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| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
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First appearance
1952
The first year at least five boys were named Keefe! It came in at #3,734, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1961, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Keefe is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Keefe in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1963 at #1,354 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 61,548
- Highest: 1 in 61,548 boys born in 1963 were named Keefe (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,389 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 21.6% of all boys named Keefe (142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 74 | #1,765 (1956) | #2,940 |
| 1960s | 118 | #1,354 (1963) | #2,567 |
| 1970s | 131 | #2,405 (1973) | #2,870 |
| 1980s | 123 | #2,437 (1984) | #3,697 |
| 1990s | 142 | #2,780 (1990) | #4,652 |
| 2000s | 59 | #5,588 (2000) | #9,159 |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,766 (2010) | #11,520 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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