Kem
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kem has been given to 1,033 babies in the U.S. since 1942. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1956, with 65 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% boys, 34% girls all-time.
Babies named Kem, 2005
1 in 641,000
Kem over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Kem over time
In 2005, Kem went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Kem?
Kem had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2005
- 1 in 641,000
- 6 of 3,844,258 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 333,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2005
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 444,107 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kem sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2005 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 444,107 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kem. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kems were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kem was born before 1959 — so the typical Kem is around 66 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 45.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 5.7%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 635
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 45.4% of all recorded uses (309).
Is Kem rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1956 (65)
- Years since peak
- 69
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 16.2% average annual change
Where Kem is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Kem was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,268,468 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in —
- 2California1 in —
- 3Indiana1 in —
- 4Missouri1 in —
- 5Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kem has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Kem is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Kem was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 533,953 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kem has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kem by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Kem
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kem
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.