Kem

Girl · recorded 1952–1977

  • 1977last recorded
  • 1962best year

Most popular in 1962.

Last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1952

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 23 recorded years as a table
Kem, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19523
19547
19557
195610
195712
195810
195913
196010
19618
196216
19639
196412
196511
196611
19675
19686
19696
19706
19717
197310
19755
19763
19773

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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977
5
Rank in 1977
#9,652
How rare
1 in 306,629 girls
Since 1952
353

Kem was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1962, at 16 per million girls 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.