Keifer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEE-fer
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Keifer is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Keifer mean?
Germanic: spelling of Kiefer, a German surname
A spelling of Kiefer, a German surname; Kiefer is also the German word for pine tree.
Is Keifer a girl's or a boy's name?
Keifer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keifer in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5 boys.
Keifer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Keifer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Keifer, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1991, with 131 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Keifer in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keifer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,954 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,093 |
| 1996 | 53 | #1,737 |
| 1995 | 62 | #1,522 |
| 1994 | 84 | #1,271 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,353 |
| 1992 | 86 | #1,206 |
| 1991 | 131 | #916 |
| 1990 | 61 | #1,430 |
| 1989 | 65 | #1,357 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
Names like Keifer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Kody, Kayden, Brody, Declan, Aiden, Ronan, Keelan, Kian, Conan, Kenan, Kerr
Names related to Keifer
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Keifer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keifer, updated 20 October 2026.