Nkosi
#8,484 most common boys' name of all time · #21,433 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1972–2025
Rank among boys
#8,484
Rank overall
#21,433 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
381
Since 2016
48
Peak year
2001 #2,508
Best rank
#2,508 2001
Girls
Boys
peak 46/yr
Nkosi 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,936 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,052 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,089 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,942 |
| 2019 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,520 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,964 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,967 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,511 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,931 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,077 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,963 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,321 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,990 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,155 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,972 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,278 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,187 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,410 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,250 |
| 2001 | 7 | 39 | 46 | #2,508 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,493 |
| 1999 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,447 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,870 |
| 1997 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,541 |
| 1996 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,489 |
| 1995 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,405 |
| 1994 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,200 |
| 1993 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,862 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,066 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,316 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,564 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,415 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,849 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,398 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,804 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,454 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,599 |
| 1973 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,024 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,959 |