Girls' name · since 1959
Kema
185 babies named Kema in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 185
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kema is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 185 have been recorded since 1959.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kema has been recorded 185 times among girls since 1959, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2006.
- #20,606 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 185 born since 1959
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kema ranks #20,606 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 185 born since 1959, peaking in the 1970s.
- #20,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 185
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kema's 185 recorded births place it above 71.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kema's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kema's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1973 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2006
- Peak year (1973)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Kema by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (107 births, 58% of the file).
1970s was Kema's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Kema births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
107 births
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 107 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Kema's decade-level peak was the 1970s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kema: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
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, 1959–2006 (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 Kema 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.