Boys' name · since 2001
Kaesen
Kaesen has 310 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,390 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,029 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 310
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaesen currently ranks #6029 among boys' names in America, with 310 babies recorded since 2001.
Kaesen has 310 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6029 as of the latest data, more common than 57% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #10,390 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,029 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 310 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaesen ranks #10,390 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,029 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 310 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,390 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,029 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 310
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaesen's 310 recorded births place it above 77.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaesen compares
310 46th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kaesen's all-time total is 16% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaesen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 310 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kaesen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaesen's full recorded timeline at 2015, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaesen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kaesen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (179 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Kaesen's strongest decade.
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Kaesen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 46
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
179 births
- 2020s
2020s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 179 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Kaesen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (179 total births) through the 2020s (85) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kaesen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.