girls:
5 births since 2001
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
82 births since 2004
#4504 (2nd percentile)
overall:
87 births since 2001
#7652 (1st percentile)
The name Kayen is the #7,652 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 87 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 1.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,504 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 82 births since 2004. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2001.
Kayen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (2001 for girls and 2004 for boys). Birth data for Kayen is available in 14 out of the 23 years between 2001 and 2023 (13 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kayen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.3% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 2004, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 2001 to 2003), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2004 to 2023).
For boys, Kayen reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #910) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kayen ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 60.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kayen reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #898) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kayen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.6% confident that Kayen is pronounced as KAY-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-ehn, at 24.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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