girls:
353 births since 1952
#5363 (6th percentile)
boys:
680 births since 1942
#3907 (15th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1942
#6706 (13th percentile)
The name Kem is the #6,706 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,033 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 13.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,907 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 680 births since 1942. For girls, it ranks #5,363 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 353 births since 1952.
Kem first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for boys and 1952 for girls). Birth data for Kem is available in 42 out of the 64 years between 1942 and 2005 (40 years for boys and 23 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 Kem has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.8% of all recorded births). In 2005, 100.0% of babies named Kem were boys.
For boys, Kem reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 9.4% percentile (ranked #579) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 30 births per million (ranked 9.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2005.
For girls, Kem reached its peak popularity in 1962, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #746) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1962, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1977.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kem".
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