Boys' name · since 1984
Kein
Since 1984, U.S. Social Security records show 95 babies named Kein, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 95
- total births
- 1984–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
Kein is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 95 have been recorded since 1984.
Kein has 95 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2023.
- 95 total births
- 1984–2023 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 36% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kein's 95 recorded births place it above 61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kein's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kein's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kein popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2023
- Peak year (1984)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Kein by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kein's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Kein births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 34 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Kein's decade-level peak was the 2000s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1984–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kein: Baby Name Since 1984 - 95 Births, Peak 1984." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kein. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kein 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 July 2026.