Klein — #6283 US boys' name
353 babies named Klein in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Klein was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Klein in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Klein
The Social Security Administration has registered 353 babies named Klein between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Klein currently holds the #6283 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Klein performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Klein shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Klein in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Klein 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 353 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.
Klein at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Klein popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2013)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #6283 among boys.
353 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 25 births in a single year.
Klein by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 145 births that decade — 41% of Klein's all-time total
Klein decade highlights
- Peak decade 145 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Klein's strongest decade
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Klein by state
Where Klein concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 353 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.4% 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, 1984–2024 (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.