Kawan
- Last seen for girls in 1979 at #10,210
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to boys 97.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1974 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 568since 1972
Kawan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kawan has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,436 | 13 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,493 | 21 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,302 | 18 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,878 | 12 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,501 | 18 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,527 | 11 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
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| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #4,986 | 5 |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Kawan! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1986–1987, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kawan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kawan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kawan
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 2,028 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #8,910)
- 3,112 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1974 at #2,358 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 86,077
- Highest: 1 in 86,077 boys born in 1979 were named Kawan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,358 in 1974, was only 1 in 92,490 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 25.5% of all boys named Kawan (145) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 97 | #2,358 (1974) | #3,300 |
| 1980s | 88 | #3,030 (1981) | #3,914 |
| 1990s | 134 | #3,326 (1994) | #4,786 |
| 2000s | 145 | #4,302 (2001) | #5,684 |
| 2010s | 73 | #7,087 (2010) | #9,008 |
| 2020s | 31 | #8,910 (2025) | #10,783 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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