Kayren — unisex name
85 babies named Kayren in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
85 girls have been named Kayren since 1941, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1995.
- 85
- total births
- 1941–1995
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Kayren was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kayren in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayren
The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Kayren between 1941 and 1995, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kayren currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Kayren is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 29 additional births since 2018.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayren performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kayren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayren 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 85 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.
Kayren at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kayren popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1941
- Peak year (1969)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
85 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 8 births in a single year.
Kayren popularity over time — boys
29 total births recorded since 2018 (Kayren as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Kayren accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kayren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 32 births that decade — 38% of Kayren's all-time total
Kayren decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Kayren's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1941–1995 (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.