Kem**
#4,718 most common boys' name of all time · #11,616 across all names · 66% male / 34% female · used 1942–2005 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,718
Rank overall
#11,616 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
1,033
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1956 #932
Best rank
#932 1956
Girls
Boys
peak 85/yr
Kem first appears in 1942. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,363 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,072 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,022 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,228 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,203 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,778 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,702 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,608 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,332 |
| 1977 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #6,205 |
| 1976 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #5,920 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1974 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,008 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1972 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,094 |
| 1971 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #3,280 |
| 1970 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #3,212 |
| 1969 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #2,994 |
| 1968 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1967 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #2,023 |
| 1966 | 18 | 13 | 31 | #2,312 |
| 1965 | 20 | 25 | 45 | #1,588 |
| 1964 | 23 | 27 | 50 | #1,539 |
| 1963 | 17 | 30 | 47 | #1,454 |
| 1962 | 31 | 24 | 55 | #1,663 |
| 1961 | 16 | 37 | 53 | #1,320 |
| 1960 | 21 | 26 | 47 | #1,616 |
| 1959 | 27 | 34 | 61 | #1,357 |
| 1958 | 21 | 44 | 65 | #1,170 |
| 1957 | 24 | 51 | 75 | #1,074 |
| 1956 | 20 | 65 | 85 | #932 |
| 1955 | 14 | 32 | 46 | #1,368 |
| 1954 | 14 | 25 | 39 | #1,558 |
| 1953 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,831 |
| 1952 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,003 |
| 1951 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,133 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,757 |
| 1949 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,605 |
| 1947 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,249 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,166 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,556 |