Boys' name · since 2011
Kayzen
Kayzen has 226 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,236 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,935 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 226
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kayzen currently ranks #2935 among boys' names in America, with 226 babies recorded since 2011.
Social Security Administration records show Kayzen recorded 226 times among boys since 2011, holding rank #2935 nationally today, ahead of 79% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #12,236 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,935 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 226 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayzen ranks #12,236 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,935 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 226 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,236 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,935 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 226
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kayzen's 226 recorded births place it above 73.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.
How Kayzen compares
226 40th 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
Kayzen's all-time total is 39% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kayzen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 226 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kayzen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kayzen splits its recorded history at 2018: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2017 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kayzen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Kayzen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (138 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Kayzen's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Kayzen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s
2020s
138 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 138 births (61% of all-time use).
Kayzen by state
Where Kayzen concentrates geographically, total births since 2011
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What to do with Kayzen's data
- Hawaii records the most Kayzens (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii names
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, 2011–2025 (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 Kayzen 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.