Kofi
Kofi is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 31 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 310.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200455 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1970
- 1,506people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,506 boys have been named Kofi in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 55 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 26%.
By decade
In 2004, its biggest year
Kofi was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Kofi
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dorianpeak 2008
- Vikrampeak 2000
- Gamalielpeak 2004
- Nabilpeak 2015
- Ahmadpeak 2001
- Rionpeak 2022
- Hasanpeak 2023
- Rajapeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.