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.

Kofi

#3,658 most common boys' name of all time · #8,916 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#3,658
Rank overall
#8,916 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,552
Since 2016
381
Peak year
2004 #2,145
Best rank
#2,004 1978
Girls Boys peak 55/yr
198020002020

Kofi first appears in 1970. 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 — 36 36 #3,273
2024 — 31 31 #3,644
2023 5 39 44 #3,141
2022 — 44 44 #2,899
2021 — 45 45 #2,788
2020 — 37 37 #3,097
2019 — 41 41 #2,965
2018 — 46 46 #2,689
2017 — 34 34 #3,343
2016 — 23 23 #4,371
2015 — 28 28 #3,814
2014 — 24 24 #4,180
2013 — 33 33 #3,287
2012 — 24 24 #4,169
2011 — 32 32 #3,398
2010 — 19 19 #4,919
2009 — 35 35 #3,242
2008 — 37 37 #3,132
2007 — 34 34 #3,275
2006 — 33 33 #3,261
2005 — 38 38 #2,822
2004 — 55 55 #2,145
2003 — 48 48 #2,250
2002 — 35 35 #2,710
2001 — 40 40 #2,457
2000 — 35 35 #2,651
1999 — 38 38 #2,378
1998 — 37 37 #2,372
1997 — 30 30 #2,646
1996 — 27 27 #2,795
1995 — 20 20 #3,364
1994 — 21 21 #3,282
1993 — 20 20 #3,306
1992 — 20 20 #3,281
1991 — 23 23 #2,882
1990 — 23 23 #2,834
1989 — 19 19 #3,158
1988 — 32 32 #2,024
1987 — 18 18 #2,914
1986 — 21 21 #2,581
1985 — 22 22 #2,415
1984 — 11 11 #3,844
1983 — 20 20 #2,482
1982 — 16 16 #2,941
1981 — 16 16 #2,870
1980 — 18 18 #2,712
1979 — 17 17 #2,757
1978 — 25 25 #2,004
1977 — 22 22 #2,192
1976 5 12 17 #3,229
1975 — 10 10 #3,618
1974 — 18 18 #2,351
1973 — 18 18 #2,306
1972 — 14 14 #2,653
1971 — 14 14 #2,681
1970 — 14 14 #2,619