Kagen — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kagen

The Social Security Administration has registered 524 babies named Kagen between 1987 and 2021, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kagen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kagen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 240 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kagen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kagen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kagen 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 524 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.