Kam**
#3,991 most common boys' name of all time · #9,771 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1914–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,991
Rank overall
#9,771 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
1,353
Since 2016
480
Peak year
1974 #2,849
Best rank
#2,312 2016
Girls
Boys
peak 75/yr
Kam first appears in 1914. 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 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,467 |
| 2024 | — | 41 | 41 | #3,009 |
| 2023 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,740 |
| 2022 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,685 |
| 2021 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,556 |
| 2020 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,939 |
| 2019 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,398 |
| 2018 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,514 |
| 2017 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,356 |
| 2016 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,312 |
| 2015 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,497 |
| 2014 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,895 |
| 2013 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,771 |
| 2012 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,913 |
| 2011 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2010 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,137 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,952 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,973 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,899 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,493 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,937 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,597 |
| 1997 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,186 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,026 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,954 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,871 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,924 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,090 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,313 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,073 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,709 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,718 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1980 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #5,060 |
| 1979 | 9 | 16 | 25 | #2,810 |
| 1978 | 15 | 16 | 31 | #2,721 |
| 1977 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #4,719 |
| 1976 | 28 | 7 | 35 | #4,562 |
| 1975 | 35 | 17 | 52 | #2,490 |
| 1974 | 62 | 13 | 75 | #2,849 |
| 1973 | 23 | 10 | 33 | #3,319 |
| 1972 | 22 | 5 | 27 | #5,185 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1970 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #3,359 |
| 1969 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #2,353 |
| 1968 | 27 | 5 | 32 | #4,352 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #3,110 |
| 1965 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #3,367 |
| 1964 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #3,784 |
| 1963 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #4,274 |
| 1962 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,462 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1960 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #4,266 |
| 1958 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #3,161 |
| 1957 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #3,771 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,974 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,606 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,552 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,636 |