Recorded 2004–2019 Boys' name Peak 2008 199 births

Kahne — boys' name

199 babies named Kahne in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s1182010s81
2000s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Kahne was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

31 babies were named Kahne in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kahne

The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Kahne between 2004 and 2019, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kahne currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kahne performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kahne shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kahne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kahne 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 199 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.

Kahne at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

199

Since 2004

16 years of records

Peak year

2008

31 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2004

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2019

Kahne popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2004

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2008)
31
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
010203040 20192016201420122010200820062004 10

Kahne popularity over time — girls

5 total births recorded since 1958 (Kahne as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 1958 5

Kahne by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
118 births that decade — 59% of Kahne's all-time total
2000s1182010s81

Kahne by state

Where Kahne concentrates geographically — total births since 2004

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kahne
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Pennsylvania
5 2.5%
Pennsylvania share of Kahne's total US births 2.5%

5 of 199 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kahne?
199 babies have been named Kahne since 2004. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2008 with 31 births.
When was Kahne most popular?
Kahne was most popular in the 2000s decade with 118 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Kahne most popular?
The top states for the name Kahne are Pennsylvania (5 births).
How long has the name Kahne been used?
Kahne has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 16 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Kahne?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kahlil, Kahari, Kahmari, Kaheem, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2004–2019 (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.