Kaplan — boys' name
68 babies named Kaplan in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Kaplan was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kaplan in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaplan
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Kaplan between 2002 and 2022, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaplan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaplan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kaplan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaplan 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 68 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.
Kaplan at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaplan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2002
- Peak year (2021)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
68 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 9 births in a single year.
Kaplan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 40 births that decade — 59% of Kaplan's all-time total
Kaplan decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaplan's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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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, 2002–2022 (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.