Unisex name · since 1996
Kaymen
Kaymen has 227 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,208 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 227
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaymen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 227 have been recorded since 1996.
Kaymen has 227 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1996 to 2024.
- #12,208 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 227 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaymen ranks #12,208 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 227 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,208 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 227
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaymen's 227 recorded births place it above 73.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaymen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaymen's full recorded timeline at 2011, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaymen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2024
- Peak year (2020)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kaymen popularity over time - girls
13 total births recorded since 1996 (Kaymen as girls' name)
Kaymen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (96 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Kaymen's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kaymen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 96 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Kaymen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Kaymen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
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, 1996–2024 (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 Kaymen 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.