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.

Kean

#4,816 most common boys' name of all time · #11,889 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1944–2025

Rank among boys
#4,816
Rank overall
#11,889 of 105,966
First appeared
1944
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
997
Since 2016
173
Peak year
2007 #3,466
Best rank
#2,294 1955
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
1960198020002020

Kean first appears in 1944. 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 — 10 10 #7,775
2024 — 17 17 #5,483
2023 — 17 17 #5,508
2022 — 14 14 #6,211
2021 — 18 18 #5,160
2020 — 15 15 #5,746
2019 — 14 14 #6,168
2018 — 22 22 #4,502
2017 — 23 23 #4,358
2016 — 23 23 #4,355
2015 — 24 24 #4,206
2014 — 27 27 #3,807
2013 — 18 18 #5,021
2012 — 29 29 #3,653
2011 — 22 22 #4,394
2010 — 21 21 #4,550
2009 — 27 27 #3,848
2008 — 30 30 #3,581
2007 — 31 31 #3,466
2006 — 24 24 #4,027
2005 — 24 24 #3,849
2004 — 28 28 #3,395
2003 — 17 17 #4,672
2002 — 18 18 #4,369
2001 — 20 20 #4,010
2000 — 20 20 #3,967
1999 — 17 17 #4,220
1998 — 19 19 #3,756
1997 — 22 22 #3,293
1996 — 26 26 #2,863
1995 — 23 23 #3,041
1994 — 22 22 #3,145
1993 — 10 10 #5,480
1992 — 14 14 #4,190
1991 — 11 11 #4,878
1990 — 11 11 #4,770
1989 — 9 9 #5,305
1988 — 11 11 #4,285
1987 — 8 8 #5,142
1986 — 9 9 #4,610
1985 — 7 7 #5,382
1984 — 7 7 #5,202
1983 — 11 11 #3,749
1982 — 10 10 #4,102
1981 — 11 11 #3,710
1978 — 7 7 #4,757
1977 — 9 9 #3,978
1976 — 7 7 #4,652
1973 — 7 7 #4,264
1972 — 6 6 #4,730
1970 — 9 9 #3,418
1969 — 5 5 #4,739
1967 — 5 5 #4,329
1966 — 7 7 #3,448
1965 — 10 10 #2,735
1964 — 12 12 #2,521
1963 — 9 9 #3,011
1962 — 9 9 #2,996
1961 — 13 13 #2,399
1960 — 8 8 #3,281
1959 — 10 10 #2,797
1958 — 5 5 #4,341
1957 — 12 12 #2,483
1956 — 6 6 #3,845
1955 — 13 13 #2,294
1948 — 7 7 #3,301
1947 — 5 5 #4,217
1944 — 5 5 #3,894