Boys' name · since 1990
Kamen
428 babies named Kamen in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,658 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,584 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 428
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
428 babies have been named Kamen since 1990, making it today's #12584 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamen has been recorded 428 times among boys since 1990, currently ranked #12584 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #8,658 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,584 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 428 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamen ranks #8,658 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,584 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 428 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,658 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,584 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 428
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kamen's 428 recorded births place it above 80.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Kamen compares
428 Top 47% higher than 53% 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
Kamen's all-time total is 16% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kamen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 428 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kamen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kamen's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kamen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Kamen by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (152 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Kamen's strongest decade.
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Kamen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
152 births
- 2000s
2000s
144 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 152 births (36% of all-time use).
Kamen by state
Where Kamen concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 428 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kamen's data
- Kamen's decade-level peak was the 1990s (152 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Kamens (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Kamen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Kamen 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.