Kacen — #1909 US boys' name
1,566 babies named Kacen in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 87% of names given to boys today.
60% of everyone ever named Kacen was born in this single decade.
206 babies were named Kacen in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kacen
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,566 babies named Kacen between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kacen currently holds the #1909 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 206 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kacen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 944 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kacen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 190 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Kacen in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kacen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,566 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kacen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kacen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2019)
- 206
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #1909 among boys.
1,566 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 206 births in a single year.
Kacen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 944 births that decade — 60% of Kacen's all-time total
Kacen decade highlights
- Peak decade 944 births
- Runner-up 488 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kacen's strongest decade
944 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Kacen by state
Where Kacen concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 190 | 12.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 81 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 46 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 45 | 2.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 33 | 2.1% |
| #6 | California | | 31 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 28 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 26 | 1.7% |
190 of 1,566 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.2% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.9% of nationwide
- Florida 2.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 25 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kacen appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.