Boys' name · since 1984
Kasem
Kasem has 99 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,466 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,495 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kasem currently ranks #12495 among boys' names in America, with 99 babies recorded since 1984.
Kasem has 99 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12495 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #17,466 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,495 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 99 born since 1984
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kasem ranks #17,466 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,495 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 99 born since 1984, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,466 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,495 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kasem's 99 recorded births place it above 61.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kasem compares
99 26th 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
Kasem's all-time total is 73% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kasem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 99 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kasem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kasem's full recorded timeline at 2008, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kasem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Kasem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (31 births, 31% of the file).
2020s was Kasem's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kasem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 31 births (31% of all-time use).
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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, 1984–2025 (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 Kasem 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.