Kelechi**
#5,315 most common boys' name of all time · #13,217 across all names · 69% male / 31% female · used 1979–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,315
Rank overall
#13,217 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
847
Since 2016
167
Peak year
2004 #4,216
Best rank
#3,283 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 36/yr
Kelechi first appears in 1979. 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 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,253 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #6,610 |
| 2023 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,921 |
| 2022 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,436 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,277 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,196 |
| 2019 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,232 |
| 2018 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #5,189 |
| 2017 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #6,854 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #5,212 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,050 |
| 2014 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,127 |
| 2013 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #6,057 |
| 2012 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #6,110 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #9,987 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,283 |
| 2009 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #5,208 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #6,949 |
| 2007 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #6,833 |
| 2006 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #5,640 |
| 2005 | 8 | 24 | 32 | #3,892 |
| 2004 | 15 | 21 | 36 | #4,216 |
| 2003 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #5,712 |
| 2002 | 10 | 24 | 34 | #3,623 |
| 2001 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #5,281 |
| 2000 | 10 | 17 | 27 | #4,514 |
| 1999 | 14 | 17 | 31 | #4,288 |
| 1998 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #4,146 |
| 1997 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #3,988 |
| 1996 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,536 |
| 1995 | 13 | 21 | 34 | #3,283 |
| 1994 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #3,302 |
| 1993 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #5,637 |
| 1992 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #4,277 |
| 1991 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #5,390 |
| 1990 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,221 |
| 1989 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #3,987 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,232 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #6,669 |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,250 |
| 1985 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,675 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,476 |
| 1982 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,683 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,023 |