Unisex name · since 1986
Kamden
Kamden has 12,556 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,058 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #720 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,556
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kamden is the #720 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 12,556 recorded since 1986.
Kamden has 12,556 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #720 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of boys, 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 1986 to 2025.
- #1,058 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #720 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 12,556 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamden ranks #1,058 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #720 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 12,556 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,058 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #720 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,556
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kamden's 12,556 recorded births place it above 97.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kamden compares
12,556 Top 8% higher than 92% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kamden's all-time total is 34x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kamden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,556 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 900 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kamden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kamden's full recorded timeline at 2007, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 900 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kamden popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 900
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Kamden popularity over time - girls
708 total births recorded since 1993 (Kamden as girls' name)
Kamden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (7,106 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Kamden's strongest decade.
7,106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Kamden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 183
1990s
183 births
- 2000s 2,228
2000s
2,228 births
- 2010s
2010s
7,106 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,021 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 7,106 births (57% of all-time use).
How Kamden compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kamden's total volume
Kamden by state
Where Kamden concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 995 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 702 | 5.6% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 614 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 602 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 526 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 481 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 454 | 3.6% |
| #8 | California | | 427 | 3.4% |
995 of 12,556 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Kamden appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kamden's data
- Kamden's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (7,106 total births) through the 2020s (3,021) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Kamdens (995 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kamden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Kamden 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.