Kahseem — boys' name
26 babies named Kahseem in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Kahseem was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kahseem in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kahseem
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Kahseem between 2002 and 2009, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kahseem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kahseem performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. 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 Kahseem in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kahseem 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 26 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.
Kahseem at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kahseem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2002
- Peak year (2006)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
26 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 8 births in a single year.
Kahseem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 26 births that decade — 100% of Kahseem's all-time total
Kahseem decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kahseem's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Kahseem by state
Where Kahseem concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 19.2% |
5 of 26 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 19.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 19.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2002–2009 (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.