Kagen Popularity by Year

Follow Kagen across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Kagen birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2021	Boys	5	#12,146	Down 124 places
2020	Boys	5	#12,022	Down 3,868 places
2018	Boys	9	#8,154	Down 2,366 places
2017	Boys	15	#5,788	Up 1,817 places
2016	Boys	10	#7,605	Up 435 places
2015	Boys	9	#8,040	Down 2,555 places
2014	Boys	16	#5,485	Down 1,421 places
2013	Boys	24	#4,064	Up 2,242 places
2012	Boys	13	#6,306	Down 2,421 places
2011	Boys	26	#3,885	Up 356 places
2010	Boys	23	#4,241	Down 206 places
2009	Boys	25	#4,035	Down 474 places
2008	Boys	30	#3,561	Down 693 places
2008	Girls	6	#15,405	Down 994 places
2007	Boys	41	#2,868	Up 1,997 places
2006	Boys	18	#4,865	Down 1,250 places
2005	Boys	26	#3,615	Up 245 places
2004	Boys	23	#3,860	Up 2,398 places
2003	Boys	11	#6,258	Down 1,127 places
2002	Boys	14	#5,131	Down 2,070 places
2001	Boys	29	#3,061	Up 475 places
2000	Boys	23	#3,536	Up 805 places
1999	Boys	16	#4,341	Up 72 places
1999	Girls	5	#14,411	Down 1,985 places
1998	Boys	15	#4,413	Up 1,229 places
1998	Girls	6	#12,426	—
1997	Boys	10	#5,642	Down 2,093 places
1996	Boys	19	#3,549	Up 731 places
1995	Boys	14	#4,280	Up 257 places
1994	Boys	13	#4,537	Down 517 places
1993	Boys	15	#4,020	Up 2,650 places
1992	Boys	7	#6,670	Up 601 places
1991	Boys	6	#7,271	Down 1,448 places
1990	Boys	8	#5,823	Up 266 places
1987	Boys	6	#6,089	—