Kewan — boys' name
337 babies named Kewan in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Kewan was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Kewan in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kewan
The Social Security Administration has registered 337 babies named Kewan between 1974 and 2017, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kewan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kewan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kewan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kewan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kewan 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 337 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.
Kewan at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kewan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1974
- Peak year (1997)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
337 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 20 births in a single year.
Kewan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 114 births that decade — 34% of Kewan's all-time total
Kewan decade highlights
- Peak decade 114 births
- Runner-up 108 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kewan's strongest decade
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Kewan by state
Where Kewan concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 13 | 3.9% |
13 of 337 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 3.9% 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, 1974–2017 (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.