Kemon
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 548since 1979
Kemon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kemon has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #4,131 | 24 |
| 2011 | #4,110 | 24 |
| 2010 | #4,366 | 22 |
| 2009 | #3,639 | 29 |
| 2008 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #4,105 | 23 |
| 2005 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
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| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
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| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
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First appearance
1979
The first year at least five boys were named Kemon! It came in at #4,403, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1983, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kemon is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kemon in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kemon
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,866 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #6,446)
- 2,293 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #6,446)
- 1,594 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 1997 at #3,261 (22 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 68,399
- Highest: 1 in 68,399 boys born in 2009 were named Kemon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,261 in 1997, was only 1 in 85,688 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 39.6% of all boys named Kemon (217) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8 | #4,403 (1979) | #4,403 |
| 1980s | 12 | #5,525 (1980) | #5,543 |
| 1990s | 117 | #3,261 (1997) | #4,921 |
| 2000s | 217 | #3,536 (2000) | #4,122 |
| 2010s | 145 | #4,110 (2011) | #6,167 |
| 2020s | 49 | #6,446 (2025) | #9,371 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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