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.

Kekoa

#3,073 most common boys' name of all time · #7,446 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#3,073
Rank overall
#7,446 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
2,075
Since 2016
624
Peak year
2017 #1,927
Best rank
#1,927 2017
Girls Boys peak 75/yr
198020002020

Kekoa 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 — 61 61 #2,290
2024 — 52 52 #2,573
2023 — 67 67 #2,161
2022 — 71 71 #2,108
2021 — 59 59 #2,332
2020 — 58 58 #2,332
2019 — 64 64 #2,198
2018 — 50 50 #2,561
2017 — 75 75 #1,927
2016 — 67 67 #2,098
2015 — 71 71 #2,029
2014 — 56 56 #2,328
2013 — 58 58 #2,236
2012 — 57 57 #2,280
2011 — 62 62 #2,136
2010 — 63 63 #2,127
2009 — 66 66 #2,095
2008 — 67 67 #2,074
2007 — 59 59 #2,246
2006 — 49 49 #2,495
2005 — 53 53 #2,253
2004 — 51 51 #2,265
2003 — 51 51 #2,170
2002 5 46 51 #2,280
2001 11 50 61 #2,103
2000 6 43 49 #2,277
1999 — 37 37 #2,435
1998 — 36 36 #2,427
1997 — 30 30 #2,655
1996 — 27 27 #2,802
1995 — 36 36 #2,241
1994 — 27 27 #2,743
1993 — 16 16 #3,937
1992 — 38 38 #2,074
1991 — 28 28 #2,524
1990 — 23 23 #2,843
1989 — 26 26 #2,523
1988 — 12 12 #4,070
1987 — 24 24 #2,386
1986 — 17 17 #2,977
1985 — 13 13 #3,557
1984 — 16 16 #2,924
1983 — 10 10 #4,067
1982 — 12 12 #3,641
1981 — 8 8 #4,842
1980 — 11 11 #3,790
1979 — 18 18 #2,659
1978 — 14 14 #3,054
1977 — 13 13 #3,188
1976 — 16 16 #2,701
1975 — 9 9 #3,911
1974 — 5 5 #5,798
1972 — 5 5 #5,678