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Kiefer

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Kiefer is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 710th, in 1991.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
50.00% of boys
Peak year
1991204 births
Best rank
#710in 1991
Since 1988
1,944people given the name
Babies named Kiefer, by year of birthboys
06312518825018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,944 boys have been named Kiefer in the United States since 1988, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 204 births.

The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 204 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 50%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Kiefer
1980s128
1990s969
2000s559
2010s256
2020s32

In 1991, its biggest year

Kiefer was the 710th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.

Names that rose and fell with Kiefer

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.