Kemo — #12639 US boys' name
74 babies named Kemo in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Kemo was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kemo in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kemo
The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Kemo between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kemo currently holds the #12639 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kemo performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kemo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kemo 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 74 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.
Kemo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Kemo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #12639 among boys.
74 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 8 births in a single year.
Kemo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 24 births that decade — 32% of Kemo's all-time total
Kemo decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kemo's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.