Kofi

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Peak · boys
#1,965
1978 · 25 births
Debut · boys
1970
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,542
since 1970

Kofi over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kofi has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,965, 1978boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,24036
2024—#3,60531
2023#15,1945#3,11739
2022—#2,87344
2021—#2,77545
2020—#3,07437
2019—#2,94341
2018—#2,67446
2017—#3,31234
2016—#4,32723
2015—#3,77528
2014—#4,13824
2013—#3,26533
2012—#4,13124
2011—#3,36432
2010—#4,84819
2009—#3,22335
2008—#3,10337
2007—#3,25034
2006—#3,22733
2005—#2,80338
2004—#2,13155
2003—#2,23848
2002—#2,68535
2001—#2,42940
2000—#2,62135
1999—#2,34738
1998—#2,34937
1997—#2,61330
1996—#2,74727
1995—#3,30320
1994—#3,21521
1993—#3,24620
1992—#3,22020
1991—#2,82823
1990—#2,78023
1989—#3,09419
1988—#1,98932
1987—#2,83818
1986—#2,51021
1985—#2,35722
1984—#3,70111
1983—#2,40820
1982—#2,83116
1981—#2,77916
1980—#2,61718
1979—#2,66917
1978—#1,96525
1977—#2,13122
1976#9,2845#3,09512
1975—#3,42810
1974—#2,27718
1973—#2,21618
1972—#2,53414
1971—#2,55814
1970—#2,50914
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five boys were named Kofi! It came in at #2,509, and was given to 14 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1975–1976, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

Where Kofi is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedMINew York: #1,760 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,885 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedWVVirginia: #971 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,209 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Kofi, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Virginia#971 · 1 in 6,209
  2. New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885

Best ever in a state: #530 in Massachusetts, 2007.

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New York#1,76051 in 16,885
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See more about Kofi
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 365 spots since 2024 (#3,605 → #3,240)
  • 166 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #3,240)
  • 535 spots since 2015 (#3,775 → #3,240)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1978 at #1,965 (25 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 6 yrs 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 36,091
  • Highest: 1 in 36,091 boys born in 2004 were named Kofi (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,965 in 1978, was only 1 in 65,673 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 25.3% of all boys named Kofi (390) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s164#1,965 (1978)#2,538
1980s193#1,989 (1988)#2,712
1990s259#2,347 (1999)#2,865
2000s390#2,131 (2004)#2,771
2010s304#2,674 (2018)#3,678
2020s232#2,775 (2021)#3,114

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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