Kc**
#2,552 most common boys' name of all time · #6,160 across all names · 70% male / 30% female · used 1961–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,552
Rank overall
#6,160 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
2,794
Since 2016
275
Peak year
1991 #1,181
Best rank
#1,157 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 131/yr
Kc first appears in 1961. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2024 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #4,943 |
| 2023 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,649 |
| 2022 | 7 | 25 | 32 | #4,221 |
| 2021 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #4,984 |
| 2020 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #4,741 |
| 2019 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,687 |
| 2018 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2017 | 8 | 24 | 32 | #4,260 |
| 2016 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #3,809 |
| 2015 | 15 | 28 | 43 | #3,809 |
| 2014 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,750 |
| 2013 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #4,513 |
| 2012 | 11 | 18 | 29 | #5,091 |
| 2011 | 8 | 28 | 36 | #3,724 |
| 2010 | 12 | 30 | 42 | #3,573 |
| 2009 | 11 | 34 | 45 | #3,298 |
| 2008 | 15 | 20 | 35 | #4,774 |
| 2007 | 19 | 32 | 51 | #3,410 |
| 2006 | 11 | 40 | 51 | #2,847 |
| 2005 | 16 | 33 | 49 | #3,128 |
| 2004 | 13 | 38 | 51 | #2,767 |
| 2003 | 12 | 28 | 40 | #3,312 |
| 2002 | 14 | 27 | 41 | #3,295 |
| 2001 | 20 | 42 | 62 | #2,371 |
| 2000 | 16 | 37 | 53 | #2,544 |
| 1999 | 22 | 45 | 67 | #2,118 |
| 1998 | 26 | 42 | 68 | #2,183 |
| 1997 | 21 | 41 | 62 | #2,145 |
| 1996 | 27 | 46 | 73 | #1,946 |
| 1995 | 25 | 52 | 77 | #1,720 |
| 1994 | 36 | 57 | 93 | #1,623 |
| 1993 | 28 | 58 | 86 | #1,565 |
| 1992 | 40 | 61 | 101 | #1,502 |
| 1991 | 42 | 89 | 131 | #1,181 |
| 1990 | 49 | 67 | 116 | #1,367 |
| 1989 | 41 | 76 | 117 | #1,240 |
| 1988 | 32 | 71 | 103 | #1,213 |
| 1987 | 39 | 69 | 108 | #1,157 |
| 1986 | 25 | 56 | 81 | #1,314 |
| 1985 | 24 | 33 | 57 | #1,825 |
| 1984 | 12 | 56 | 68 | #1,236 |
| 1983 | 14 | 46 | 60 | #1,393 |
| 1982 | 10 | 27 | 37 | #2,037 |
| 1981 | 9 | 39 | 48 | #1,571 |
| 1980 | 8 | 29 | 37 | #1,954 |
| 1979 | 14 | 21 | 35 | #2,363 |
| 1978 | 9 | 27 | 36 | #1,900 |
| 1977 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,533 |
| 1976 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #2,913 |
| 1975 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #3,021 |
| 1974 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #2,766 |
| 1973 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,936 |
| 1972 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,953 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,128 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,854 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,611 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,512 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,874 |
| 1964 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,662 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,628 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,620 |