Total births
36
Boys' name · since 2002
Kaiwen
Kaiwen has 36 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 36
- total births
- 2002–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
Kaiwen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 36 have been recorded since 2002.
Kaiwen has 36 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2018.
- 36 total births
- 2002–2018 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 72% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
36 boys have been named Kaiwen since 2002, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2018.
- 36
- total births
- 2002–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
72% of everyone ever named Kaiwen was born in this single decade.
2015
Single peak year
9 babies were named Kaiwen in 2015 - its busiest year on record.
Kaiwen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaiwen splits its recorded history at 2014: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaiwen at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
2015
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2002
Kaiwen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2018
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Kaiwen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kaiwen's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Kaiwen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 26 births (72% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Kaiwen? ▼
Kaiwen has been given to 36 babies in the U.S. since 2002, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2018. 9 babies were born in 2015, its single highest year.
When was Kaiwen most popular? ▼
Kaiwen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Kaiwen been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Kaiwen since 2002 -- 17 years through the most recent 2018 data.
What names are similar to Kaiwen? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kai, Kaiden, Kairo, Kaison, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Kaiwen
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2002–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kaiwen: Baby Name Since 2002 - 36 Births, Peak 2015." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kaiwen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kaiwen 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 July 2026.