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Keefer

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 331

Keefer is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2022 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1992, when 27 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1970.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Keefer over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Keefer by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 16
1980s 12
1990s 138
2000s 100
2010s 43
2020s (to 2022) 6

How popular is Keefer?

In 2022, Keefer was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Keefer is used

Canada #2,077 6 in 2005
United States #10,947 6 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Keefer

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Keefer

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Keefer — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Keefer

How popular is the name Keefer?

In 2022, Keefer was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Keefer a girl's or a boy's name?

Keefer is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Keefer?

Keefer has 2 syllables.

When was Keefer most popular?

Keefer peaked in 1992, when 27 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.