Kamen — #10209 US boys' name
423 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.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Kamen was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Kamen in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kamen
The Social Security Administration has registered 423 babies named Kamen between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kamen currently holds the #10209 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kamen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 152 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kamen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kamen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kamen 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 423 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.
Kamen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kamen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (1994)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #10209 among boys.
423 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 25 births in a single year.
Kamen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 152 births that decade — 36% of Kamen's all-time total
Kamen decade highlights
- Peak decade 152 births
- Runner-up 144 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kamen's strongest decade
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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 423 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1990–2024 (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.