Ken in California
Babies in California
6,047
since 1918
Rank in California · 2025
#1,829
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1961
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Ken in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 8 | 1,829 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 6 | 2,205 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 8 | 1,854 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 13 | 1,411 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 6 | 2,214 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 16 | 1,177 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 13 | 1,372 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 15 | 1,242 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 21 | 1,012 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 19 | 1,094 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 28 | 862 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 29 | 846 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 22 | 961 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 31 | 791 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 27 | 850 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 14 | 1,288 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 32 | 769 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 21 | 1,001 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 31 | 774 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 35 | 692 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 26 | 815 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 34 | 676 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 27 | 763 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 37 | 628 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 32 | 660 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 29 | 697 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 34 | 625 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 32 | 644 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 36 | 608 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 39 | 576 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 30 | 680 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 32 | 656 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 25 | 758 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 30 | 690 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 38 | 609 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 32 | 676 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 30 | 652 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 28 | 657 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 39 | 528 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 28 | 597 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 25 | 628 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 21 | 662 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 24 | 618 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 22 | 641 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 26 | 567 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 26 | 563 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 19 | 659 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 16 | 690 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 18 | 640 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 19 | 609 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 22 | 540 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 26 | 489 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 34 | 429 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 37 | 409 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 38 | 418 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 77 | 292 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 76 | 284 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 115 | 223 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 102 | 230 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 142 | 192 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 173 | 177 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 247 | 140 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 317 | 118 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 296 | 124 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 323 | 118 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 309 | 124 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 305 | 121 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 248 | 132 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 193 | 153 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 102 | 204 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 60 | 256 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 47 | 293 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 40 | 307 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 45 | 280 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 38 | 289 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 56 | 239 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 82 | 191 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 130 | 138 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 144 | 133 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 138 | 127 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 95 | 141 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 86 | 146 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 83 | 148 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 79 | 140 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 54 | 157 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 47 | 165 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 58 | 135 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 37 | 174 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 37 | 167 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 33 | 167 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 24 | 201 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 28 | 181 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 18 | 225 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 22 | 211 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 20 | 226 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 13 | 298 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 16 | 258 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 9 | 377 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 12 | 312 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 14 | 277 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 5 | 516 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 10 | 350 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 7 | 418 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 8 | 350 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 10 | 307 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 5 | 398 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 6 | 357 |