Boys' name · since 2014
Kesten
Kesten has 16 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 16
- total births
- 2014–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Kesten sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 16 recorded since 2014.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kesten has been recorded 16 times among boys since 2014, though it is not among the currently most-used boys 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 2014 to 2025.
- 16 total births
- 2014–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kesten's 16 recorded births place it above 32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kesten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kesten's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 8 births recorded.
Kesten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Kesten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kesten's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kesten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 8 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Kesten's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (8 total births) through the 2020s (8) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kesten: Baby Name Since 2014 - 16 Births, Peak 2014." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kesten. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kesten 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 July 2026.