Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kamau

#5,018 most common boys' name of all time · #12,425 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#5,018
Rank overall
#12,425 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
931
Since 2016
118
Peak year
1995 #2,336
Best rank
#1,735 1973
Girls Boys peak 34/yr
198020002020

Kamau first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 10 10 #7,815
2024 — 11 11 #7,374
2023 — 10 10 #7,881
2022 — 18 18 #5,279
2021 — 15 15 #5,849
2020 — 6 6 #10,918
2019 — 16 16 #5,647
2018 — 12 12 #6,821
2017 — 15 15 #5,885
2016 — 5 5 #12,587
2015 — 13 13 #6,420
2014 — 12 12 #6,756
2013 — 15 15 #5,742
2012 — 6 6 #11,104
2011 — 9 9 #8,250
2010 — 9 9 #8,322
2009 — 10 10 #7,874
2008 — 11 11 #7,331
2007 — 18 18 #5,081
2006 — 16 16 #5,381
2005 — 14 14 #5,682
2004 — 19 19 #4,501
2003 — 21 21 #4,036
2002 — 21 21 #3,972
2001 — 21 21 #3,900
2000 — 29 29 #3,042
1999 — 22 22 #3,530
1998 — 34 34 #2,537
1997 — 20 20 #3,538
1996 — 27 27 #2,798
1995 — 34 34 #2,336
1994 — 29 29 #2,594
1993 — 22 22 #3,098
1992 — 28 28 #2,581
1991 — 15 15 #3,930
1990 — 15 15 #3,893
1989 — 11 11 #4,695
1988 — 10 10 #4,637
1987 — 6 6 #6,511
1986 — 10 10 #4,342
1985 — 12 12 #3,744
1984 — 7 7 #5,333
1983 — 16 16 #2,884
1982 — 9 9 #4,478
1981 — 21 21 #2,402
1980 — 16 16 #2,943
1979 — 15 15 #2,995
1978 — 28 28 #1,867
1977 — 29 29 #1,822
1976 — 21 21 #2,239
1975 — 26 26 #1,880
1974 — 26 26 #1,831
1973 — 27 27 #1,735
1972 — 25 25 #1,818
1971 — 8 8 #3,948