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.

Kush

#4,254 most common boys' name of all time · #10,413 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1980–2025

Rank among boys
#4,254
Rank overall
#10,413 of 105,966
First appeared
1980
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
1,221
Since 2016
197
Peak year
2005 #1,959
Best rank
#1,879 2003
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
198020002020

Kush first appears in 1980. 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 — 18 18 #5,291
2024 — 22 22 #4,639
2023 — 16 16 #5,762
2022 — 21 21 #4,770
2021 — 16 16 #5,659
2020 — 22 22 #4,480
2019 — 18 18 #5,233
2018 — 18 18 #5,193
2017 — 24 24 #4,273
2016 — 22 22 #4,537
2015 — 35 35 #3,262
2014 — 33 33 #3,333
2013 — 33 33 #3,301
2012 — 42 42 #2,849
2011 — 49 49 #2,529
2010 — 33 33 #3,346
2009 — 45 45 #2,731
2008 — 45 45 #2,739
2007 — 40 40 #2,952
2006 — 42 42 #2,768
2005 — 65 65 #1,959
2004 — 57 57 #2,098
2003 — 63 63 #1,879
2002 — 47 47 #2,244
2001 — 42 42 #2,378
2000 — 38 38 #2,512
1999 — 47 47 #2,056
1998 — 42 42 #2,191
1997 — 32 32 #2,533
1996 — 34 34 #2,373
1995 — 26 26 #2,829
1994 — 15 15 #4,238
1993 — 28 28 #2,633
1992 — 13 13 #4,507
1991 — 18 18 #3,446
1990 — 11 11 #4,918
1989 — 7 7 #6,735
1988 — 5 5 #8,017
1987 — 9 9 #4,901
1986 — 7 7 #5,812
1985 — 8 8 #5,091
1983 — 6 6 #6,119
1980 — 7 7 #5,499