Keefe

Boy · recorded 1952–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1963best year

Most popular in 1963.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1952

081619521967198219972012

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Keefe, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19523
19533
19544
19555
19569
19574
19583
19594
19606
19624
196316
19648
19653
19664
19677
19686
19697
19706
19717
19728
197310
19748
19758
19769
19778
19789
19796
19807
19816
19826
19837
198411
19857
19865
19874
19887
19896
199011
19919
19927
19934
19948
19959
19969
19976
19984
19995
20006
20013
20024
20043
20053
20064
20073
20084
20103
20123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Keefe isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
5
Rank in 2012
#12,274
How rare
1 in 379,389 boys
Since 1952
658

Keefe was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1963, at 16 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Keefe doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.