Keefe
Boy · KEEF · Irish
Keefe is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “gentle, kind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Keefe mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Ó Caoimh
“gentle, kind”
Anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Caoimh, from caomh meaning gentle; the same surname gives O'Keeffe.
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Is Keefe a girl's or a boy's name?
Keefe is a boys' name.
How popular is Keefe in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1963, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the boys named Keefe in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keefe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 33 | #1,353 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
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