How Many People Are Named Kees?
people named Kees are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,476,701 people in the US has this name
Based on 141 babies named Kees in Social Security records from 1985 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
11 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Dutch diminutive of CORNELIUS. A notable bearer was the Dutch painter Kees van Dongen (1877-1968).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kees in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kees alive today is about 22 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kees first appears in the records in 1985 and was given most often in 2003, to 11 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1985 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Kees has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #6,506, in 2003.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #6,506 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8,503 in the 2000s |
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