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.

Sekou

#4,490 most common boys' name of all time · #11,020 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#4,490
Rank overall
#11,020 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,118
Since 2016
255
Peak year
2011 #3,025
Best rank
#1,452 1972
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
198020002020

Sekou 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 — 35 35 #3,334
2024 — 23 23 #4,476
2023 — 23 23 #4,503
2022 — 24 24 #4,362
2021 — 23 23 #4,405
2020 — 17 17 #5,308
2019 — 28 28 #3,828
2018 — 28 28 #3,830
2017 — 30 30 #3,616
2016 — 24 24 #4,243
2015 — 19 19 #4,946
2014 — 24 24 #4,181
2013 — 29 29 #3,617
2012 — 33 33 #3,325
2011 — 38 38 #3,025
2010 — 21 21 #4,572
2009 — 21 21 #4,647
2008 — 25 25 #4,083
2007 — 34 34 #3,277
2006 — 28 28 #3,639
2005 — 32 32 #3,204
2004 — 17 17 #4,869
2003 — 29 29 #3,228
2002 — 27 27 #3,304
2001 — 23 23 #3,659
2000 — 23 23 #3,586
1999 — 26 26 #3,141
1998 — 21 21 #3,543
1997 — 18 18 #3,802
1996 — 18 18 #3,754
1995 — 18 18 #3,624
1994 — 22 22 #3,166
1993 — 7 7 #7,138
1992 — 9 9 #5,855
1991 — 13 13 #4,360
1990 — 10 10 #5,186
1989 — 7 7 #6,576
1988 — 8 8 #5,502
1986 — 6 6 #6,347
1985 — 6 6 #6,149
1984 — 11 11 #3,846
1983 — 13 13 #3,363
1982 — 15 15 #3,068
1981 — 9 9 #4,390
1980 — 14 14 #3,220
1979 — 12 12 #3,519
1978 — 13 13 #3,184
1977 — 24 24 #2,060
1976 — 17 17 #2,587
1975 — 22 22 #2,130
1974 — 20 20 #2,191
1973 — 18 18 #2,307
1972 — 35 35 #1,452
1971 — 21 21 #2,051
1970 — 7 7 #4,223