Unisex name · since 1978
Kagan
651 babies named Kagan in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,736 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,421 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 651
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kagan currently ranks #12421 among unisex names in America, with 651 babies recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Kagan recorded 651 times among boys since 1978, holding rank #12421 nationally today, ahead of 11% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #6,736 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,421 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 651 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kagan ranks #6,736 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,421 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 651 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,736 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,421 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 651
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kagan's 651 recorded births place it above 85.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Kagan compares
651 Top 39% higher than 61% of 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
Kagan's all-time total is 76% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kagan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 651 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kagan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kagan's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 36, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kagan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Kagan popularity over time - girls
73 total births recorded since 1989 (Kagan as girls' name)
Kagan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (260 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Kagan's strongest decade.
260 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Kagan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 42
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
135 births
- 2000s
2000s
260 births
- 2010s
2010s
165 births
- 2020s 44
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 260 births (40% of all-time use).
How Kagan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kagan's total volume
Kagan by state
Where Kagan concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 25 | 3.8% |
25 of 651 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kagan's data
- Kagan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (260 total births); usage has since declined to 44 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kagans (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Kagan 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.