Kam
Kam is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 41 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 410.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201657 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 1,320people given the name
The story in the numbers
935 boys have been named Kam in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 57 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 42%.
Kam is used for both sexes: 29% of its bearers are girls (385), most of them born around 1974.
By decade
In 2016, its biggest year
Kam was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Kam
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Daxpeak 2019
- Kingsleypeak 2016
- Alaricpeak 2020
- Kalpeak 2021
- Lincolnpeak 2017
- Princetonpeak 2017
- Barrettpeak 2020
- Jamesonpeak 2019
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.