Ken
#639 most common boys' name of all time · #1,425 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1900–2025
Rank among boys
#639
Rank overall
#1,425 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
33,043
Since 2016
533
Peak year
1960 #177
Best rank
#177 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 1,780/yr
Ken first appears in 1900. 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 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,246 |
| 2024 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,282 |
| 2023 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,235 |
| 2022 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,652 |
| 2021 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,526 |
| 2020 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,370 |
| 2019 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,559 |
| 2018 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,211 |
| 2017 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,156 |
| 2016 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,728 |
| 2015 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,757 |
| 2014 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,768 |
| 2013 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,883 |
| 2012 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,501 |
| 2011 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,691 |
| 2010 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,563 |
| 2008 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,506 |
| 2007 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,377 |
| 2006 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,240 |
| 2005 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,303 |
| 2004 | — | 153 | 153 | #1,055 |
| 2003 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,285 |
| 2002 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,095 |
| 2001 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,130 |
| 2000 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,130 |
| 1999 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,116 |
| 1998 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,191 |
| 1997 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,021 |
| 1996 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,033 |
| 1995 | — | 126 | 126 | #990 |
| 1994 | — | 112 | 112 | #1,057 |
| 1993 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,097 |
| 1992 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,030 |
| 1991 | — | 127 | 127 | #941 |
| 1990 | 5 | 142 | 147 | #858 |
| 1989 | — | 138 | 138 | #857 |
| 1988 | — | 111 | 111 | #908 |
| 1987 | — | 126 | 126 | #830 |
| 1986 | — | 102 | 102 | #906 |
| 1985 | — | 113 | 113 | #847 |
| 1984 | — | 116 | 116 | #813 |
| 1983 | — | 105 | 105 | #857 |
| 1982 | — | 134 | 134 | #760 |
| 1981 | — | 145 | 145 | #720 |
| 1980 | — | 141 | 141 | #740 |
| 1979 | — | 119 | 119 | #795 |
| 1978 | — | 137 | 137 | #720 |
| 1977 | — | 124 | 124 | #765 |
| 1976 | — | 137 | 137 | #716 |
| 1975 | 5 | 156 | 161 | #663 |
| 1974 | — | 202 | 202 | #565 |
| 1973 | — | 232 | 232 | #514 |
| 1972 | — | 287 | 287 | #465 |
| 1971 | — | 363 | 363 | #425 |
| 1970 | 5 | 486 | 491 | #370 |
| 1969 | — | 494 | 494 | #356 |
| 1968 | — | 601 | 601 | #306 |
| 1967 | — | 650 | 650 | #284 |
| 1966 | — | 820 | 820 | #252 |
| 1965 | — | 1,100 | 1,100 | #218 |
| 1964 | — | 1,475 | 1,475 | #192 |
| 1963 | — | 1,634 | 1,634 | #178 |
| 1962 | 5 | 1,684 | 1,689 | #181 |
| 1961 | 5 | 1,665 | 1,670 | #188 |
| 1960 | 5 | 1,775 | 1,780 | #177 |
| 1959 | — | 1,653 | 1,653 | #182 |
| 1958 | — | 1,533 | 1,533 | #185 |
| 1957 | — | 1,178 | 1,178 | #221 |
| 1956 | — | 657 | 657 | #285 |
| 1955 | — | 439 | 439 | #345 |
| 1954 | — | 370 | 370 | #367 |
| 1953 | — | 317 | 317 | #394 |
| 1952 | — | 321 | 321 | #382 |
| 1951 | — | 296 | 296 | #396 |
| 1950 | — | 347 | 347 | #362 |
| 1949 | — | 456 | 456 | #322 |
| 1948 | — | 622 | 622 | #262 |
| 1947 | — | 707 | 707 | #247 |
| 1946 | — | 684 | 684 | #228 |
| 1945 | — | 479 | 479 | #272 |
| 1944 | — | 427 | 427 | #287 |
| 1943 | — | 444 | 444 | #294 |
| 1942 | — | 407 | 407 | #302 |
| 1941 | — | 345 | 345 | #313 |
| 1940 | — | 303 | 303 | #328 |
| 1939 | — | 276 | 276 | #336 |
| 1938 | — | 252 | 252 | #350 |
| 1937 | — | 203 | 203 | #388 |
| 1936 | — | 211 | 211 | #376 |
| 1935 | — | 167 | 167 | #441 |
| 1934 | — | 152 | 152 | #457 |
| 1933 | — | 108 | 108 | #554 |
| 1932 | — | 127 | 127 | #511 |
| 1931 | — | 95 | 95 | #609 |
| 1930 | — | 76 | 76 | #725 |
| 1929 | — | 57 | 57 | #887 |
| 1928 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,245 |
| 1927 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,019 |
| 1926 | — | 54 | 54 | #930 |
| 1925 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,136 |
| 1924 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,259 |
| 1923 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,347 |
| 1922 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,387 |
| 1921 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,624 |
| 1920 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1919 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,782 |
| 1918 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,962 |
| 1917 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,626 |
| 1916 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,818 |
| 1915 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,044 |
| 1913 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,895 |
| 1912 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,338 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,673 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,745 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,156 |