Kiefer

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kiefer: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kiefer: Recorded since 1993, its highest recorded position is #302, and it stood at #657 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#302highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1578
1998	#958
1999	#1383
2000	#2501
2001	#2587
2002	#1519
2003	#2857
2004	#1498
2005	#1377
2006	#1347
2007	#1666
2008	#2097
2009	#1859
2010	#2199
2011	#2390
2012	#2458
2013	#2403
2014	#3362
2016	#3478
2019	#4702
2020	#2960
2021	#4789

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 7 of the 30 years from 1993 to 2022.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4789 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1993–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #302 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1993–2022
Highest recorded position: #302 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1993 (recorded 1993–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #657 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2022.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kiefer appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 23 ranked years and 189 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1993.

Kiefer across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kiefer's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#302 (1993)	#302 (1993)	#657 (2022)	7 of 30	26 (1993–2022)	5 (2009)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#958 (1998)	#4789 (2021)	23 of 26	189 (1996–2021)	15 (1998)

Kiefer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kiefer in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	41	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	93	10 of 10	9
2010s	46	7 of 10	7
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kiefer appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1993 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #302 in Republic of Ireland in 1993.

Kiefer's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#958	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1993 and 2022, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #302, first reached in 1993.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chloe-Louise · #301, 24y
Dave · #303, 31y
Aldo · #304, 26y
Alishba · #300, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jamey · #302, 15y
Calem · #303, 13y
Chloe-Louise · #301, 24y
Danni · #301, 28y

Kiefer was ranked #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1993. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kiefer and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kiefer without appearing here.

Kiefer moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2857 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1498 and #3009.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2458 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #3822.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2857 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1377 and #2754.
Garry Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4702 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #3848.

Moved ahead of Kiefer

Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3478 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2301.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3362 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.

Moved the opposite way to Kiefer

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiefer went from #1235 to #4789 while Albie went from #853 to #32.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiefer went from #1235 to #4789 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiefer went from #1235 to #4789 while Alfred went from #218 to #80.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiefer went from #1235 to #4789 while Archie went from #192 to #9.

Moved the same way as Kiefer

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiefer went from #1235 to #4789 and Aaron from #33 to #119.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiefer went from #1235 to #4789 and Adam from #16 to #44.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiefer went from #1235 to #4789 and Alan from #163 to #352.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiefer went from #1235 to #4789 and Alex from #43 to #122.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1993 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #302 in Republic of Ireland in 1993. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kiefer

Kiefer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kiefer across 2 official records

Kiefer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kiefer at a glance

Kiefer across 2 official records

Kiefer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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