boys:
809 births since 1996
#3778 (18th percentile)
overall:
809 births since 1996
#6930 (10th percentile)
The name Kidus is the #6,930 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 809 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 10.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,778 (17.6% percentile) for all time with 809 births since 1996.
Kidus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (first recorded for boys in 1996). Birth data for Kidus is available in 26 out of the 28 years between 1996 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Kidus reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 5.5% percentile (ranked #854) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kidus ranks #876 for boys (3.8% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 80.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kidus".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kidus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.6% confident that Kidus is pronounced as KEE-duhs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIH-duhs, at 47.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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