Kesan — boys' name
39 babies named Kesan in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
39 boys have been named Kesan since 2008, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2009.
- 39
- total births
- 2008–2009
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Kesan was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Kesan in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kesan
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Kesan between 2008 and 2009, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kesan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kesan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kesan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kesan 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 39 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.
Kesan at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kesan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2008
- Peak year (2008)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
39 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 32 births in a single year.
Kesan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 39 births that decade — 100% of Kesan's all-time total
Kesan decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kesan's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Kesan by state
Where Kesan concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 12.8% |
5 of 39 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 12.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 12.8% 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, 2008–2009 (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.