Kesten — boys' name
16 babies named Kesten in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 boys have been named Kesten since 2014, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 16
- total births
- 2014–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Kesten was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kesten in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kesten
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Kesten between 2014 and 2025, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kesten currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kesten performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kesten shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kesten 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 16 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.
Kesten at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kesten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2014
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
16 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 8 births in a single year.
Kesten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 8 births that decade — 50% of Kesten's all-time total
Kesten decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kesten's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 2014–2025 (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.