Boys' name · since 2002
Kaplan
Kaplan has 79 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,994 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,486 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaplan currently ranks #7486 among boys' names in America, with 79 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaplan has been recorded 79 times among boys since 2002, currently ranked #7486 nationally and more common than 46% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #18,994 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,486 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 79 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaplan ranks #18,994 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,486 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 79 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,994 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,486 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaplan's 79 recorded births place it above 58.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaplan compares
79 22nd percentile among 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
Kaplan's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaplan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 79 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kaplan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kaplan's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kaplan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Kaplan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Kaplan's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Kaplan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kaplan's data
- Kaplan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Kaplan 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.