Boys' name · since 2009

Kashen

Kashen has 23 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#27,854 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,462 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
23
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade

Kashen currently ranks #11462 among boys' names in America, with 23 babies recorded since 2009.

Social Security Administration records show Kashen recorded 23 times among boys since 2009, holding rank #11462 nationally today, ahead of 18% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.

  • #27,854 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,462 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 23 born since 2009
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kashen ranks #27,854 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,462 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 23 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.

#27,854 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,462 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
23
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%17.7%
Kashen vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kashen's 23 recorded births place it above 38.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kashen compares

23 9th 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

Kashen's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kashen Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 23 369 358,536
Peak-year births 7 34 22,252

Kashen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Kashen splits its recorded history at 2018: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Kashen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
7
Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2009201220182025 6

Kashen by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 43% of the file).

2010s was Kashen's strongest decade.

10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.

Kashen births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (43% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kashen?
Since 2009, Social Security records show 23 babies named Kashen. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #27,854 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #11,462 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2009, with 7 births.
Where does Kashen sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kashen ranks #27,854 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,462 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kashen most popular?
Kashen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Kashen been used?
The SSA has tracked Kashen since 2009 -- 17 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Kashen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kash, Kason, Kasey, Kasen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Kashen's data

  • Kashen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kashen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2009–2025 (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 Kashen 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.