boys:
416 births since 1990
#4170 (9th percentile)
overall:
416 births since 1990
#7323 (5th percentile)
The name Kamen is the #7,323 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 416 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 5.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,170 (9.0% percentile) for all time with 416 births since 1990.
Kamen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (first recorded for boys in 1990).
For boys, Kamen reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #756) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kamen ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 22.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kamen".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Kamen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.0% confident that Kamen is pronounced as KAH-mehn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-muhn, at 26.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like K AA1 M EH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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