How Many People Are Named Ketan?
An estimated 340 people in the United States have the first name Ketan. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 32 years old, and Ketan peaked in popularity in 1980 with 20 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ketan as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ketan paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
340
About 1 in 1,008,101 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
32
years old
Peak Year
1980
20 births
Total Registered
352
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ketan
Ketan is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 352 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Ketan as a male name
Ranked #13,319 in 2017
5 male births in 2017
Peak: 1980 (20 births)
Ketan: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ketan span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 101 babies were registered. While Ketan is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Ketan by Decade
How has Ketan tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ketan by State
Ketan + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ketan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ketan
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Ketan: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ketan?
We estimate approximately 340 people named Ketan are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,008,101 Americans share this first name.
Is Ketan a common name?
Ketan is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 352 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ketan most popular?
Ketan reached peak popularity in 1980, when 20 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ketan is approximately 32 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ketan a male name?
Ketan is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ketan Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ketan Smith, Ketan Johnson, Ketan Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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