Is Kem a boy or girl name?

Kem is a unisex name. Of the 1,033 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 34.2% were girls and 65.8% were boys. It changed hands in 1968, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Kem

Recorded 1942–2005 · United States

Kem was most popular in 1956, when 85 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,866 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,033 people named Kem.

Kem over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kem’s peak in 1956. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kem a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kem is a unisex name — 34.2% of the 1,033 Americans given it were girls and 65.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1968 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org