Boys' name · since 1993
Kaman
29 babies named Kaman in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,109 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
29 boys have been named Kaman since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kaman has 29 recorded births among boys since 1993, 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 1993 to 2008.
- #26,109 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 29 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaman ranks #26,109 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,109 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaman's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaman's full recorded timeline at 2003, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2008
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Kaman by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (17 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Kaman's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Kaman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (59% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1993–2008 (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 Kaman 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.