Kaigen — boys' name
33 babies named Kaigen in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Kaigen was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kaigen in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaigen
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Kaigen between 2007 and 2013, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaigen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Kaigen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2010.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaigen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kaigen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaigen 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 33 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.
Kaigen at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaigen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2007
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
33 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 8 births in a single year.
Kaigen popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2010 (Kaigen as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kaigen accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaigen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 21 births that decade — 64% of Kaigen's all-time total
Kaigen decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaigen's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
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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, 2007–2013 (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.