Kem
Last seen for girls in 1977 at #9,652 · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #10,151
Given to boys 65.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 65 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 680since 1942
Kem over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
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| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
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| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
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| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
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| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | — | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #1,559 | 25 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | #1,510 | 27 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 | #1,625 | 24 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #1,303 | 37 |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 | #1,337 | 34 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | #1,163 | 44 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | #1,063 | 51 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | #924 | 65 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | #1,525 | 25 |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | — | #2,055 | 14 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,169 | 13 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kem! It came in at #3,212, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1945, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Kem
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 415 spots in 1956 (#1,339 → #924)
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1957 (#924 → #1,063)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1956 at #924 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1956
- Highest: 1 in 32,543 boys born in 1956 were named Kem (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,884 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 45.4% of all boys named Kem (309) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1977, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 45 | #2,169 (1947) | #2,670 |
| 1950s | 309 | #924 (1956) | #1,569 |
| 1960s | 227 | #1,303 (1961) | #1,789 |
| 1970s | 55 | #2,991 (1972) | #4,219 |
| 1980s | 28 | #5,484 (1983) | #6,197 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,700 (1993) | #8,750 |
| 2000s | 6 | #10,151 (2005) | #10,151 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kem in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 95,791 of them was named Kem, which outranked 64.4% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,449Toi22
- #2,449Vernette22
- #2,449Vernie22
- #2,506Kem21
- #2,506Alix21
- #2,506Almeta21
- #2,506Ardelia21
- #2,581Alda20
- #2,581Alfreida20
- #2,581Alyssa20
Tied with 74 names at #2,506; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 48,237 of them was named Kem, which outranked 74.2% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,148Terrill45
- #1,148Titus45
- #1,148Webster45
- #1,163Kem44
- #1,163Asa44
- #1,163Bonnie44
- #1,163Kory44
- #1,172Alfonza43
- #1,172Boris43
- #1,172Deane43
Tied with 8 names at #1,163; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.