Kem

Boy · recorded 1942–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1956best year

Most popular in 1956.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kem.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1942

0163119421958197419892005

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 40 recorded years as a table
Kem, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19424
19464
19477
19486
19495
19505
19517
19528
195310
195412
195516
195631
195724
195821
195916
196012
196117
196212
196315
196414
196513
19667
19679
196811
19696
19705
19716
19727
19745
19763
19773
19784
19803
19823
19833
19863
19893
19933
19943
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kem isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
6
Rank in 2005
#10,151
How rare
1 in 332,884 boys
Since 1942
680

Kem was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1956, at 31 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kem doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.