Masculine dossier · first seen 1900

Ken

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ken
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98% from peak

Peak era

1960

Peak rank proxy

1,776

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1900Peak 19602024

Peak year

1960

Decline from peak

98%

2024

All-time

32,979

Ken once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1960, when 1,776 boys were named Ken.

In 2024, only 36 boys were given the name.

Down 98% from its peak.

All told, about 32,979 Americans have been named Ken and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1900.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98% from peak

19601,776 boys named Ken

202436 boys named Ken

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