Boys' name · since 1973
Kemo
Kemo has 74 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,460 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 74
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kemo sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 74 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kemo has been recorded 74 times among boys since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2024.
- #19,460 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 74 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kemo ranks #19,460 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 74 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,460 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 74
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kemo's 74 recorded births place it above 57.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kemo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kemo's full recorded timeline at 1993, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kemo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2024
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Kemo by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (24 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Kemo's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Kemo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 24 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Kemo's decade-level peak was the 1990s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Kemo: 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 (~51 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, 1973–2024 (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 Kemo 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.