Kiefer

Where Kiefer comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kiefer.

Kiefer through the years
  1. 1966
    Kiefer Sutherland born
    British-Canadian actor
  2. 1987
    Around this time: Kiefer Sutherland in The Lost Boys
    Film, 1987 · Source
  3. 1988
    First appearance
    #1,879 among boys with 35 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1991
    Peak, #710
    204 babies named Kiefer, the most in any year.
  5. 1993
    Kiefer Ravena born
    Filipino basketball player
  6. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,144.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Kiefer Sutherland · British-Canadian actor, born 1966
  • Kiefer Ravena · Filipino basketball player, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.