Recorded 1974–2023 Boys' name Peak 1997 668 births

Kajuan — boys' name

668 babies named Kajuan in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s451980s821990s2202000s1982010s1022020s21
1990s
Peak decade

33% of everyone ever named Kajuan was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

31 babies were named Kajuan in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kajuan

The Social Security Administration has registered 668 babies named Kajuan between 1974 and 2023, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kajuan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kajuan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 220 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kajuan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kajuan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kajuan 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 668 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.

Kajuan at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

668

Since 1974

50 years of records

Peak year

1997

31 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1974

Recorded for 50 years

Last year on file: 2023

Kajuan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1974

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1997)
31
Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
010203040 202320162010200419981992198619791974 5

Kajuan by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
220 births that decade — 33% of Kajuan's all-time total
1970s451980s821990s2202000s1982010s1022020s21

Kajuan by state

Where Kajuan concentrates geographically — total births since 1974

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kajuan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Michigan
28 4.2%
Michigan share of Kajuan's total US births 4.2%

28 of 668 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kajuan?
668 babies have been named Kajuan since 1974. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1997 with 31 births.
When was Kajuan most popular?
Kajuan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 220 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
Where is Kajuan most popular?
The top states for the name Kajuan are Michigan (28 births).
How long has the name Kajuan been used?
Kajuan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 50 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Kajuan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kaj, Kaje, Kajon, Kajus, 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, 1974–2023 (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.