KEN is ranked as the 337th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 202,452.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 63.49 people named KEN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named KEN is 26,632.
The SSA data also shows that KEN is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
KEN is
78.0% White,
2.8% Hispanic origin,
11.0% Black,
6.0% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.6% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name KEN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name KEN is included in the following name categories:
Masculine given name
English surname
Japanese masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name KEN
The state with the most people named
KEN is
California where
30,255 people have this name.
Wyoming is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named KEN, as
143.67 in every 100,000
Wyomingites
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Wyoming is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
West Virginia
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name KEN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
6,615
51.36
99.3%
Indiana
3,324
50.39
98.8%
Iowa
2,113
68.01
98.8%
Kansas
2,700
92.99
98.5%
Michigan
5,737
57.89
99.5%
Minnesota
4,030
73.85
99.3%
Missouri
1,589
53.06
98.1%
Nebraska
2,063
109.65
98.2%
North Dakota
901
121.79
96.3%
Ohio
6,869
59.25
99.2%
South Dakota
964
112.97
96.1%
Wisconsin
4,593
79.77
99.2%
West States
State stats for the first name KEN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
780
105.93
95.8%
Arizona
7,699
114.38
99.3%
California
30,255
77.97
99.8%
Colorado
4,896
91.41
99.1%
Hawaii
1,595
112.39
99.1%
Idaho
1,850
113.21
98.3%
Montana
1,239
121.09
97.2%
Nevada
2,302
81.08
98.7%
New Mexico
1,655
79.34
97.7%
Oregon
4,632
116.67
99.1%
Utah
2,443
83.02
98.5%
Washington
8,436
119.46
99.6%
Wyoming
839
143.67
96.9%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name KEN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have KEN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named KEN.
The most popular full name is KEN Smith.
0.75% of all the people named KEN
have this family name.
There are 19793 last
names associated with this first name.