Keefe
Keefe is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Keefe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Keefe is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Keefe
Keefe first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1952, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1963: 33 births, good for #1,353 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 22% of all recorded Keefes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2012 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 658 Keefes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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About the name Keefe
Keefe is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 658 births in the dataset. Keefe's peak popularity came in 1963 when it ranked #1,353. Use the chart and map above to compare Keefe's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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