Boys' name · since 1999
Kaylem
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 159 babies named Kaylem, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,375 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,016 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 159
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaylem currently ranks #6016 among boys' names in America, with 159 babies recorded since 1999.
Kaylem has 159 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6016 as of the latest data, more common than 57% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #14,375 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,016 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 159 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylem ranks #14,375 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,016 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 159 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,375 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,016 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 159
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaylem's 159 recorded births place it above 68.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaylem compares
159 34th 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
Kaylem's all-time total is 57% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaylem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 159 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kaylem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaylem splits its recorded history at 2014: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaylem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kaylem by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (62 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Kaylem's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Kaylem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 62 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Kaylem's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- 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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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, 1999–2025 (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 Kaylem 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.