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.

Kapena

#16,977 most common boys' name of all time · #44,298 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1980–2024

Rank among boys
#16,977
Rank overall
#44,298 of 105,966
First appeared
1980
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
79
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1988 #3,512
Best rank
#3,512 1988
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
198020002020

Kapena first appears in 1980. 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
2024 — 5 5 #12,817
2023 — 5 5 #12,761
2017 — 5 5 #12,794
2014 — 5 5 #12,653
2009 — 5 5 #13,054
2008 — 6 6 #11,522
2005 — 5 5 #12,086
2002 — 6 6 #9,871
1993 — 5 5 #9,431
1988 — 15 15 #3,512
1986 — 5 5 #7,514
1983 — 7 7 #5,417
1980 — 5 5 #7,198