Ken

Girl · recorded 1960–1990

  • 1990last recorded
  • 1975best year

Most popular in 1975.

Last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five girls 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 Ken.

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 1960

02319601968197519831990

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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 6 recorded years as a table
Ken, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19602
19612
19623
19703
19753
19903

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ken 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 1990
5
Rank in 1990
#12,958
How rare
1 in 379,709 girls
Since 1960
30

Ken was last recorded in 1990. 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 1975, at 3 per million girls born.

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

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