Kayen — #7071 US boys' name
94 babies named Kayen in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Kayen was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Kayen in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayen
The Social Security Administration has registered 94 babies named Kayen between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kayen currently holds the #7071 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Kayen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2001.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kayen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayen 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 94 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.
Kayen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kayen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2024)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #7071 among boys.
94 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 12 births in a single year.
Kayen popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2001 (Kayen as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kayen accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kayen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 48 births that decade — 51% of Kayen's all-time total
Kayen decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kayen's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 2004–2024 (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.