Keng — boys' name
504 babies named Keng in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
504 boys have been named Keng since 1979, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2023.
- 504
- total births
- 1979–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Keng was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Keng in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keng
The Social Security Administration has registered 504 babies named Keng between 1979 and 2023, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keng currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keng performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 202 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keng shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Keng in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keng 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 504 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.
Keng at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keng popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1979
- Peak year (1992)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
504 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 32 births in a single year.
Keng by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 202 births that decade — 40% of Keng's all-time total
Keng decade highlights
- Peak decade 202 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Keng's strongest decade
202 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Keng by state
Where Keng concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 94 | 18.7% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 81 | 16.1% |
| #3 | Wisconsin | | 38 | 7.5% |
94 of 504 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.7% of nationwide
- Minnesota 16.1% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 7.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1979–2023 (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.