Kaygen — unisex name
17 babies named Kaygen in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
17 girls have been named Kaygen since 2007, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2017.
- 17
- total births
- 2007–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
59% of everyone ever named Kaygen was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Kaygen in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaygen
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Kaygen between 2007 and 2017, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaygen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Kaygen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 2011.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaygen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kaygen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaygen 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 17 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.
Kaygen at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaygen popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2007
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
17 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 7 births in a single year.
Kaygen popularity over time — boys
12 total births recorded since 2011 (Kaygen as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Kaygen accounts for 41% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaygen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 10 births that decade — 59% of Kaygen's all-time total
Kaygen decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaygen's strongest decade
10 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, 2007–2017 (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.