Keefer
Boy · KEE-fur · Germanic
Keefer is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “barrel maker”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Keefer mean?
Germanic: from German surname Küfer or Kiefer, via American use
“barrel maker”
From a German surname, either Küfer meaning cooper or Kiefer meaning pine tree, brought to America by immigrants.
- Say it
- KEE-fur
Is Keefer a girl's or a boy's name?
Keefer is a boys' name.
How popular is Keefer in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Keefer in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keefer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
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