Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Schafer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 64
- 64 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 136 as a first name in 2020; 24,003 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.
Schafer’s family of names
In German usage, Schafer as a surname has a related form in SCHAEFER. In English usage, Schafer as a surname has a related form in SCHAEFER. In German usage, Schafer as a surname has a related form in Schäfer.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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