Kem — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kem

The Social Security Administration has registered 680 babies named Kem between 1942 and 2005, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 65 babies received it in a single year. Kem is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 353 additional births since 1952.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kem performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 309 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Kem in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kem 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 680 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.