NameTides

Kem

Kem peaked in the US in 1956 at #924, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Kem as a boy’s name

  • US
Kem as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Kem as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2005#10,151 (6)
1994#8,800 (5)
1993#8,700 (5)
1989#6,941 (6)
1986#5,926 (6)
1983#5,484 (6)
1982#6,385 (5)
1980#6,250 (5)
1978#5,059 (6)
1977#5,845 (5)
1976#5,587 (5)
1974#3,837 (8)
1972#2,991 (11)
1971#3,146 (10)
1970#3,071 (10)

Kem as a girl’s name

  • US
Kem as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020
Kem as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
1977#9,652 (5)
1976#9,284 (5)
1975#7,173 (7)
1973#4,155 (14)
1971#4,534 (12)
1970#4,761 (11)
1969#4,723 (10)
1968#4,489 (10)
1967#4,982 (8)
1966#2,937 (18)
1965#2,744 (20)
1964#2,600 (23)
1963#3,066 (17)
1962#2,113 (31)
1961#3,189 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1956 at #924.
  • First recorded in the US in 1942.
  • In 1977, 50% of US babies named Kem were girls.