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Keefe
Recorded in official name statistics for United States, Ireland and 1 more
Language contexts for this entry: not recorded
No sourced pronunciation yet
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01 / Meaning & origin
About Keefe
Keefe is a given name.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
Where Keefe is used
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3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States
Published statistics
United States, 2012: 5 boys (rank 12274).
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03 / By the numbers
Popularity over time
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United States
1880–2025 Spelling: Keefe
Recorded category boys
- Latest · 2012
- 5
- applications
- Rank #12,274
- Peak year
- 1963
- 33 applications
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
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| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | 5 | 3,734 | observed |
| 1953 | 5 | 3,798 | observed |
| 1954 | 9 | 2,743 | observed |
| 1955 | 10 | 2,558 | observed |
| 1956 | 20 | 1,765 | observed |
| 1957 | 9 | 2,822 | observed |
| 1958 | 7 | 3,275 | observed |
| 1959 | 9 | 2,821 | observed |
| 1960 | 13 | 2,315 | observed |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | 8 | 3,041 | observed |
| 1963 | 33 | 1,354 | observed |
| 1964 | 15 | 2,114 | observed |
| 1965 | 5 | 3,930 | observed |
| 1966 | 8 | 2,986 | observed |
| 1967 | 13 | 2,242 | observed |
| 1968 | 11 | 2,576 | observed |
| 1969 | 12 | 2,549 | observed |
| 1970 | 12 | 2,739 | observed |
| 1971 | 13 | 2,686 | observed |
| 1972 | 13 | 2,659 | observed |
| 1973 | 16 | 2,405 | observed |
| 1974 | 12 | 2,946 | observed |
| 1975 | 13 | 2,902 | observed |
| 1976 | 14 | 2,826 | observed |
| 1977 | 13 | 3,037 | observed |
| 1978 | 14 | 2,929 | observed |
| 1979 | 11 | 3,569 | observed |
| 1980 | 13 | 3,256 | observed |
| 1981 | 10 | 3,858 | observed |
| 1982 | 10 | 3,966 | observed |
| 1983 | 13 | 3,230 | observed |
| 1984 | 20 | 2,437 | observed |
| 1985 | 13 | 3,401 | observed |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,130 | observed |
| 1987 | 8 | 4,968 | observed |
| 1988 | 13 | 3,705 | observed |
| 1989 | 13 | 4,017 | observed |
| 1990 | 23 | 2,780 | observed |
| 1991 | 18 | 3,325 | observed |
| 1992 | 13 | 4,327 | observed |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,228 | observed |
| 1994 | 16 | 3,911 | observed |
| 1995 | 18 | 3,559 | observed |
| 1996 | 17 | 3,830 | observed |
| 1997 | 12 | 4,960 | observed |
| 1998 | 7 | 7,560 | observed |
| 1999 | 10 | 6,042 | observed |
| 2000 | 12 | 5,588 | observed |
| 2001 | 5 | 10,556 | observed |
| 2002 | 8 | 7,643 | observed |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,356 | observed |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,151 | observed |
| 2006 | 8 | 8,732 | observed |
| 2007 | 6 | 10,921 | observed |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,324 | observed |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | 6 | 10,766 | observed |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,274 | observed |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
About this dataset and its counting rules
Statistics count the spelling “Keefe” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
- Universe
- US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
- Rounding
- Integer application counts retained without rounding.
- Suppression
- Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
- Ranking
- computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
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History
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06 / Behind the facts
Sources for this page
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms1
- Wikidata Q58400327CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.