Kaoru**
#10,543 most common boys' name of all time · #26,772 across all names · 67% male / 33% female · used 1914–1999 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#10,543
Rank overall
#26,772 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
20 of 146
All-time
251
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #2,057
Best rank
#1,985 1917
Girls
Boys
peak 30/yr
Kaoru first appears in 1914. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,824 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,779 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,933 |
| 1927 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,649 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,580 |
| 1925 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #2,717 |
| 1924 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #2,613 |
| 1923 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #2,913 |
| 1922 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #2,779 |
| 1921 | 13 | 17 | 30 | #2,057 |
| 1920 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #2,324 |
| 1919 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,058 |
| 1918 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,686 |
| 1917 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,711 |
| 1915 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,601 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,637 |