girls:
103 births since 2006
#5613 (2nd percentile)
boys:
140 births since 1979
#4446 (3rd percentile)
overall:
243 births since 1979
#7496 (3rd percentile)
The name Kiko is the #7,496 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 243 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,446 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 140 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,613 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 103 births since 2006.
Kiko first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Kiko is available in 21 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (16 years for boys and 13 years for girls). 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.
The name Kiko has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (57.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Kiko were boys.
For boys, Kiko reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #913) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kiko ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 65.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kiko reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #938) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kiko is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #938 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kiko".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kiko is pronounced as KEE-koh, which has 2 syllables.
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