Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kaj

#7,161 most common boys' name of all time · #17,984 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1956–2025

Rank among boys
#7,161
Rank overall
#17,984 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
515
Since 2016
98
Peak year
2006 #4,565
Best rank
#3,531 1969
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
1960198020002020

Kaj first appears in 1956. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,276
2024 — 15 15 #5,957
2023 — 8 8 #9,074
2022 — 6 6 #11,103
2021 — 10 10 #7,705
2020 — 8 8 #8,873
2019 — 8 8 #9,058
2018 — 17 17 #5,382
2017 — 10 10 #7,683
2016 — 11 11 #7,251
2015 — 15 15 #5,799
2014 — 10 10 #7,697
2013 — 12 12 #6,690
2012 — 16 16 #5,536
2011 — 19 19 #4,855
2010 — 16 16 #5,547
2009 — 20 20 #4,783
2008 — 15 15 #5,845
2007 — 11 11 #7,215
2006 — 20 20 #4,565
2005 — 10 10 #7,229
2004 — 10 10 #7,123
2003 — 14 14 #5,341
2002 — 15 15 #4,985
2001 — 10 10 #6,569
2000 — 15 15 #4,866
1999 — 12 12 #5,406
1997 — 13 13 #4,756
1996 — 13 13 #4,693
1995 — 7 7 #7,214
1994 — 6 6 #8,043
1993 — 7 7 #7,067
1992 — 8 8 #6,302
1990 — 8 8 #6,036
1989 — 7 7 #6,495
1988 — 6 6 #6,717
1986 — 12 12 #3,764
1985 — 6 6 #6,044
1984 — 12 12 #3,587
1983 — 6 6 #5,822
1981 — 5 5 #6,660
1978 — 7 7 #4,787
1977 — 7 7 #4,847
1975 — 6 6 #5,137
1974 — 6 6 #4,945
1969 — 8 8 #3,531
1968 — 5 5 #4,580
1967 — 5 5 #4,395
1966 — 6 6 #3,869
1961 — 6 6 #4,007
1956 — 5 5 #4,417