Boys' name · since 1996
Kaimen
Kaimen has 135 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,461 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 135
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaimen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 135 recorded since 1996.
Kaimen has 135 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2021.
- #15,461 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 135 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaimen ranks #15,461 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,461 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 135
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaimen's 135 recorded births place it above 65.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaimen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaimen's full recorded timeline at 2009, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaimen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2021
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Kaimen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (61 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Kaimen's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Kaimen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 61 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Kaimen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaimen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1996–2021 (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 Kaimen 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.