Kou
#5,837 most common boys' name of all time · #14,536 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1979–2017
Rank among boys
#5,837
Rank overall
#14,536 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
724
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1992 #1,773
Best rank
#1,725 1981
Girls
Boys
peak 53/yr
Kou 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,769 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,115 |
| 2011 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,309 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,031 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,931 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,336 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,436 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,190 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,767 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,878 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,102 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1998 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,041 |
| 1997 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,700 |
| 1996 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,270 |
| 1995 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,173 |
| 1994 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,547 |
| 1993 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,335 |
| 1992 | 5 | 48 | 53 | #1,773 |
| 1991 | 5 | 41 | 46 | #1,917 |
| 1990 | 5 | 41 | 46 | #1,906 |
| 1989 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,790 |
| 1988 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,814 |
| 1987 | 5 | 37 | 42 | #1,792 |
| 1986 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #2,093 |
| 1985 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,018 |
| 1984 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,795 |
| 1983 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,268 |
| 1982 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 7 | 34 | 41 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,002 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,027 |