Ken Doll’s Real Name Revealed Decades Later as He Celebrates 65 Years

After 65 years in Barbie’s orbit, Ken is finally stepping into the spotlight — and fans are just now learning his full government name.

As Mattel’s iconic Ken doll turns 65 this March, the brand is celebrating the milestone by pulling back the curtain on the character’s history, including a detail that may surprise even longtime Barbie fans: Ken’s full, official name is Kenneth Sean Carson.

Yes, really.

The reveal comes as Ken enters what Mattel is calling a brand-new era. In an Instagram post shared on Monday, January 26, the company teased that after more than six decades as Barbie’s on-again, off-again partner, Ken is ready to branch out. As the post put it, he “needs to see what else is out there.”

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