Girls' name · since 1987
Kember
237 babies named Kember in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 237
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kember is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 237 have been recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kember has been recorded 237 times among girls since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2024.
- #18,121 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 237 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kember ranks #18,121 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 237 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 237
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kember's 237 recorded births place it above 74.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kember's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kember splits its recorded history at 2011: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kember popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Kember by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (111 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Kember's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Kember births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 9
1980s
9 births
- 1990s 35
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
111 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 111 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Kember's decade-level peak was the 2010s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2020s -- 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 Kember: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~37 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, 1987–2024 (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 Kember 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.