Keifer
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 131 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,155since 1970
Keifer over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Keifer has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
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| 2016 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #4,035 | 25 |
| 2008 | #4,395 | 22 |
| 2007 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #4,105 | 23 |
| 2005 | #4,326 | 20 |
| 2004 | #2,953 | 34 |
| 2003 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #3,188 | 28 |
| 2001 | #3,228 | 27 |
| 2000 | #2,736 | 33 |
| 1999 | #2,865 | 29 |
| 1998 | #1,957 | 49 |
| 1997 | #2,096 | 42 |
| 1996 | #1,740 | 53 |
| 1995 | #1,527 | 62 |
| 1994 | #1,275 | 84 |
| 1993 | #1,358 | 71 |
| 1992 | #1,210 | 86 |
| 1991 | #920 | 131 |
| 1990 | #1,435 | 61 |
| 1989 | #1,362 | 65 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
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| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
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| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five boys were named Keifer! It came in at #3,071, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1987, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Keifer is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Keifer in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Keifer
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,628 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 515 spots in 1991
- Biggest drop: 290 spots in 1992
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1991 at #920 (131 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1991
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,422
- Highest: 1 in 15,422 boys born in 1991 were named Keifer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 57.8% of all boys named Keifer (668) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15 | #3,071 (1970) | #4,422 |
| 1980s | 82 | #1,362 (1989) | #2,221 |
| 1990s | 668 | #920 (1991) | #1,638 |
| 2000s | 268 | #2,736 (2000) | #3,619 |
| 2010s | 99 | #4,517 (2010) | #7,144 |
| 2020s | 23 | #8,067 (2020) | #9,196 |
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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