How rare is the name Kam?

5,081 people in the United States have the first name Kam, about 1 in 59,443. It ranks #3,866 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

KAM

#3,866

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,081
About
1 in 59,443
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,081 people named Kam, 63.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 20.4% as White and 10% as Black. 59% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kam peaked in 1974, when 75 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1974
Births that year
75
In 2025*
33 ▼56%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 1,353 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kam by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #3,873. The largest share of babies named Kam, 44.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#11,03215
1950s#8,12949
1960s#4,886164
1970s#3,873326
1980s#14,12954
1990s#20,43542
2000s#25,07344
2010s#6,639393
2020s#6,188261
Greatest Generation 1901–271.5%
Baby boom 1946–648.6%
Generation X 1965–8032.3%
Millennials 1981–965%
Generation Z 1997–128.6%
2013 and later44.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Kam

2 other first names also have 5,081 people.

#3,866 Cecilio · 5,081#3,866 Sommer · 5,081

Either side of Kam

#3,865 Hezekiah · 5,084#3,866 Cecilio · 5,081#3,866 Sommer · 5,081#3,869 Stephenie · 5,077

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kam, most common first.

#2,797 Kami · 8,289#11,736 Kan · 1,080#14,347 Kama · 823#29,154 Kamy · 305

Also a last name

As a last name, Kam ranks #8,383 of 156,621, with 3,782 people. See Kam as a last name

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