Ken is an established boys' name that peaked in 1960 and has since faded.
Ken is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,277 for boy births in the United States (and #7,047 across all names), given to 36 babies. Ken first appears in 1900 and peaked in 1960 (1,775 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,277 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,308 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,260 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,659 |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,542 |
| 2020 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,383 |
| 2019 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,568 |
| 2018 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,219 |
| 2017 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,162 |
| 2016 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,733 |
| 2015 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,760 |
| 2014 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,774 |
| 2013 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,890 |
| 2012 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,509 |
| 2011 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,695 |
| 2010 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,027 |
| 2009 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,570 |
| 2008 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,511 |
| 2007 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,378 |
| 2006 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,244 |
| 2005 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,305 |
| 2004 | 153 | 153 | — | #1,055 |
| 2003 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,288 |
| 2002 | 134 | 134 | — | #1,095 |
| 2001 | 124 | 124 | — | #1,132 |
| 2000 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,134 |
| 1999 | 119 | 119 | — | #1,117 |
| 1998 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,193 |
| 1997 | 125 | — | — | #1,021 |
| 1996 | 119 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1995 | 126 | — | — | #992 |
| 1994 | 112 | — | — | #1,055 |
| 1993 | 104 | — | — | #1,100 |
| 1992 | 113 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1991 | 127 | — | — | #942 |
| 1990 | 147 | — | #14,062 | #858 |
| 1989 | 138 | — | — | #858 |
| 1988 | 111 | — | — | #908 |
| 1987 | 126 | — | — | #831 |
| 1986 | 102 | — | — | #909 |
| 1985 | 113 | — | — | #850 |
| 1984 | 116 | — | — | #813 |
| 1983 | 105 | — | — | #856 |
| 1982 | 134 | — | — | #761 |
| 1981 | 145 | — | — | #718 |
| 1980 | 141 | — | — | #739 |
| 1979 | 119 | — | — | #795 |
| 1978 | 137 | — | — | #718 |
| 1977 | 124 | — | — | #764 |
| 1976 | 137 | — | — | #716 |
| 1975 | 161 | — | #9,750 | #660 |
| 1974 | 202 | — | — | #564 |
| 1973 | 232 | — | — | #515 |
| 1972 | 287 | — | — | #465 |
| 1971 | 363 | — | — | #425 |
| 1970 | 491 | — | #8,622 | #369 |
| 1969 | 494 | — | — | #356 |
| 1968 | 601 | — | — | #306 |
| 1967 | 650 | — | — | #284 |
| 1966 | 820 | — | — | #252 |
| 1965 | 1,100 | — | — | #218 |
| 1964 | 1,475 | — | — | #192 |
| 1963 | 1,634 | — | — | #178 |
| 1962 | 1,689 | — | #7,034 | #181 |
| 1961 | 1,670 | — | #7,037 | #188 |
| 1960 | 1,780 | — | #6,820 | #177 |
| 1959 | 1,653 | — | — | #182 |
| 1958 | 1,533 | — | — | #185 |
| 1957 | 1,178 | — | — | #221 |
| 1956 | 657 | — | — | #285 |
| 1955 | 439 | — | — | #345 |
| 1954 | 370 | — | — | #367 |
| 1953 | 317 | — | — | #394 |
| 1952 | 321 | — | — | #382 |
| 1951 | 296 | — | — | #395 |
| 1950 | 347 | — | — | #362 |
| 1949 | 456 | — | — | #322 |
| 1948 | 622 | — | — | #261 |
| 1947 | 707 | — | — | #247 |
| 1946 | 684 | — | — | #227 |
| 1945 | 479 | — | — | #272 |
| 1944 | 427 | — | — | #287 |
| 1943 | 444 | — | — | #294 |
| 1942 | 407 | — | — | #302 |
| 1941 | 345 | — | — | #312 |
| 1940 | 303 | — | — | #327 |
| 1939 | 276 | — | — | #335 |
| 1938 | 252 | — | — | #349 |
| 1937 | 203 | — | — | #385 |
| 1936 | 211 | — | — | #376 |
| 1935 | 167 | — | — | #440 |
| 1934 | 152 | — | — | #457 |
| 1933 | 108 | — | — | #553 |
| 1932 | 127 | — | — | #511 |
| 1931 | 95 | — | — | #607 |
| 1930 | 76 | — | — | #728 |
| 1929 | 57 | — | — | #880 |
| 1928 | 34 | — | — | #1,242 |
| 1927 | 48 | — | — | #1,018 |
| 1926 | 54 | — | — | #925 |
| 1925 | 39 | — | — | #1,134 |
| 1924 | 34 | — | — | #1,260 |
| 1923 | 30 | — | — | #1,345 |
| 1922 | 29 | — | — | #1,382 |
| 1921 | 23 | — | — | #1,615 |
| 1920 | 32 | — | — | #1,292 |
| 1919 | 19 | — | — | #1,781 |
| 1918 | 17 | — | — | #1,951 |
| 1917 | 21 | — | — | #1,618 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | — | #1,812 |
| 1915 | 20 | — | — | #1,581 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | — | #2,041 |
| 1913 | 10 | — | — | #1,881 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | — | #1,318 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | — | #1,645 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,730 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | — | #1,112 |