Recorded 1910–2016 Boys' name Peak 1924 1,406 births

Kee — boys' name

1,406 babies named Kee in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s711920s3051930s2731940s2361950s1221960s1051970s591980s961990s982000s232010s18
1920s
Peak decade

22% of everyone ever named Kee was born in this single decade.

1924
Single peak year

44 babies were named Kee in 1924 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kee

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,406 babies named Kee between 1910 and 2016, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kee currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kee performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 305 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Kee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arizona, which accounts for 781 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Mexico and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kee in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kee 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 1,406 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.

Kee at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

1,406

Since 1910

107 years of records

Peak year

1924

44 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1910

Recorded for 107 years

Last year on file: 2016

Kee popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1910

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1924)
44
Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
01020304050 201619941982196919571945193319211910 5

Kee popularity over time — girls

10 total births recorded since 1970 (Kee as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 10 births
5 19901970 5

Kee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
305 births that decade — 22% of Kee's all-time total
1910s711920s3051930s2731940s2361950s1221960s1051970s591980s961990s982000s232010s18

Kee by state

Where Kee concentrates geographically — total births since 1910

Regionally concentrated
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Kee
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Arizona
781 55.5%
#2 New Mexico
158 11.2%
#3 California
21 1.5%
#4 Wisconsin
5 0.4%
Arizona share of Kee's total US births 55.5%
Even split

781 of 1,406 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kee?
1,406 babies have been named Kee since 1910. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1924 with 44 births.
When was Kee most popular?
Kee was most popular in the 1920s decade with 305 total births. The single peak year was 1924.
Where is Kee most popular?
The top states for the name Kee are Arizona (781 births), New Mexico (158 births), California (21 births).
How long has the name Kee been used?
Kee has been recorded in Social Security data since 1910, spanning 107 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Kee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Keegan, Keenan, Keelan, Keenen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1910–2016 (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.