Boys' name · since 1999
Kolden
Kolden has 301 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,558 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,158 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 301
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kolden currently ranks #10158 among boys' names in America, with 301 babies recorded since 1999.
Kolden has 301 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10158 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #10,558 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,158 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 301 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kolden ranks #10,558 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,158 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 301 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,558 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,158 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 301
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kolden's 301 recorded births place it above 76.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kolden compares
301 46th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kolden's all-time total is 18% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kolden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 301 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kolden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kolden splits its recorded history at 2012: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kolden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kolden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (132 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Kolden's strongest decade.
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kolden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
132 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 132 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Kolden's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (132 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kolden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Kolden 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 August 2026.