Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Keefe

#6,196 most common boys' name of all time · #15,449 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1952–2012

Rank among boys
#6,196
Rank overall
#15,449 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
658
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1963 #1,374
Best rank
#1,374 1963
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
196019802000

Keefe first appears in 1952. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2012 — 5 5 #12,550
2010 — 6 6 #11,003
2008 — 9 9 #8,464
2007 — 6 6 #11,150
2006 — 8 8 #8,891
2005 — 6 6 #10,390
2004 — 5 5 #11,667
2002 — 8 8 #7,810
2001 — 5 5 #10,885
2000 — 12 12 #5,675
1999 — 10 10 #6,190
1998 — 7 7 #7,794
1997 — 12 12 #5,050
1996 — 17 17 #3,894
1995 — 18 18 #3,597
1994 — 16 16 #3,965
1993 — 8 8 #6,402
1992 — 13 13 #4,402
1991 — 18 18 #3,390
1990 — 23 23 #2,816
1989 — 13 13 #4,133
1988 — 13 13 #3,802
1987 — 8 8 #5,161
1986 — 10 10 #4,274
1985 — 13 13 #3,508
1984 — 20 20 #2,490
1983 — 13 13 #3,323
1982 — 10 10 #4,113
1981 — 10 10 #4,004
1980 — 13 13 #3,343
1979 — 11 11 #3,705
1978 — 14 14 #3,012
1977 — 13 13 #3,131
1976 — 14 14 #2,900
1975 — 13 13 #3,004
1974 — 12 12 #3,058
1973 — 16 16 #2,482
1972 — 13 13 #2,765
1971 — 13 13 #2,788
1970 — 12 12 #2,862
1969 — 12 12 #2,661
1968 — 11 11 #2,705
1967 — 13 13 #2,337
1966 — 8 8 #3,202
1965 — 5 5 #4,287
1964 — 15 15 #2,202
1963 — 33 33 #1,374
1962 — 8 8 #3,273
1960 — 13 13 #2,419
1959 — 9 9 #3,014
1958 — 7 7 #3,525
1957 — 9 9 #3,012
1956 — 20 20 #1,820
1955 — 10 10 #2,757
1954 — 9 9 #2,938
1953 — 5 5 #4,289
1952 — 5 5 #4,235