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.

Kawan

#6,672 most common boys' name of all time · #16,697 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#6,672
Rank overall
#16,697 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
583
Since 2016
61
Peak year
1979 #2,453
Best rank
#2,453 1979
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
198020002020

Kawan first appears in 1972. 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 — 8 8 #9,103
2024 — 6 6 #11,231
2022 — 5 5 #12,711
2021 — 7 7 #9,963
2020 — 5 5 #12,419
2019 — 7 7 #9,991
2018 — 11 11 #7,284
2017 — 6 6 #11,129
2016 — 6 6 #11,051
2014 — 9 9 #8,305
2013 — 7 7 #9,928
2012 — 7 7 #9,951
2011 — 9 9 #8,254
2010 — 11 11 #7,227
2009 — 13 13 #6,544
2008 — 20 20 #4,796
2007 — 21 21 #4,554
2006 — 19 19 #4,742
2005 — 10 10 #7,277
2004 — 9 9 #7,729
2003 — 12 12 #6,014
2002 — 13 13 #5,531
2001 — 18 18 #4,375
2000 — 10 10 #6,500
1999 — 7 7 #8,149
1998 — 19 19 #3,787
1997 — 15 15 #4,355
1996 — 12 12 #5,015
1995 — 14 14 #4,403
1994 — 20 20 #3,413
1993 — 18 18 #3,597
1992 — 11 11 #5,063
1991 — 11 11 #4,947
1990 — 7 7 #6,769
1989 — 11 11 #4,703
1988 — 8 8 #5,525
1985 — 12 12 #3,752
1984 — 10 10 #4,122
1983 — 13 13 #3,375
1982 — 10 10 #4,169
1981 — 14 14 #3,188
1980 — 10 10 #4,056
1979 5 20 25 #2,453
1978 — 9 9 #4,094
1977 — 13 13 #3,184
1976 5 14 19 #2,937
1975 — 8 8 #4,236
1974 — 17 17 #2,457
1973 — 11 11 #3,210
1972 5 5 10 #5,584