Given name & surname

Mckeever

McKeever is a surname from Irish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

McKeever comes from Irish.

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How it developed

From Irish Mac Íomhair.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Mckeever through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1975
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01234198020002025Highest share 19750.0
Mckeever in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1975–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1975. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,036 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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