Kagan*
#5,836 most common boys' name of all time · #14,536 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1978–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#5,836
Rank overall
#14,536 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
724
Since 2016
100
Peak year
2001 #2,666
Best rank
#2,666 2001
Girls
Boys
peak 41/yr
Kagan first appears in 1978. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,467 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,054 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,249 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,273 |
| 2020 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2019 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,916 |
| 2018 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,866 |
| 2017 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,476 |
| 2016 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #6,178 |
| 2015 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,458 |
| 2014 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,150 |
| 2013 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2012 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,762 |
| 2011 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #4,901 |
| 2010 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,295 |
| 2009 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,786 |
| 2008 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #4,212 |
| 2007 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,165 |
| 2005 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,729 |
| 2004 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #5,371 |
| 2003 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,162 |
| 2002 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #3,621 |
| 2001 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #2,666 |
| 2000 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,716 |
| 1999 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,928 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #5,345 |
| 1997 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,177 |
| 1996 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,128 |
| 1995 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,529 |
| 1994 | 10 | 17 | 27 | #3,866 |
| 1993 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #4,910 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,464 |
| 1991 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,424 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,211 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #4,751 |
| 1988 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,886 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,947 |
| 1986 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,099 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,689 |