Kiefer
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Around 1987: Kiefer Sutherland in The Lost Boys (film)
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 204 births
- Debut · boys
- 35 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,950since 1988
Kiefer over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kiefer has never cracked the top 700 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 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #3,982 | 26 |
| 2014 | #3,371 | 32 |
| 2013 | #4,180 | 23 |
| 2012 | #3,115 | 36 |
| 2011 | #3,434 | 31 |
| 2010 | #2,511 | 49 |
| 2009 | #2,585 | 48 |
| 2008 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2007 | #2,094 | 65 |
| 2006 | #1,684 | 84 |
| 2005 | #1,967 | 64 |
| 2004 | #1,815 | 68 |
| 2003 | #1,906 | 61 |
| 2002 | #1,943 | 57 |
| 2001 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #2,736 | 33 |
| 1999 | #1,879 | 52 |
| 1998 | #1,849 | 53 |
| 1997 | #1,486 | 71 |
| 1996 | #1,480 | 68 |
| 1995 | #1,417 | 70 |
| 1994 | #1,153 | 97 |
| 1993 | #1,144 | 97 |
| 1992 | #1,025 | 114 |
| 1991 | #710 | 204 |
| 1990 | #855 | 143 |
| 1989 | #1,094 | 93 |
| 1988 | #1,879 | 35 |
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First appearance
1988
The first year at least five boys were named Kiefer! It came in at #1,879, and was given to 35 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2022, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kiefer is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kiefer in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,654 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #10,695)
- 3,193 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 239 spots in 1990
- Biggest drop: 315 spots in 1992
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1988
- Peaked 1991 at #710 (204 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1990–1991
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,904
- Highest: 1 in 9,904 boys born in 1991 were named Kiefer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 49.7% of all boys named Kiefer (969) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 128 | #1,094 (1989) | #1,487 |
| 1990s | 969 | #710 (1991) | #1,300 |
| 2000s | 559 | #1,684 (2006) | #2,259 |
| 2010s | 256 | #2,511 (2010) | #4,543 |
| 2020s | 38 | #7,089 (2021) | #9,691 |
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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