girls:
10 births since 1976
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1970
#3174 (31st percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1970
#6260 (19th percentile)
The name Kofi is the #6,260 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,485 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 19.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,174 (30.8% percentile) for all time with 1,475 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1976.
Kofi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for boys and 1976 for girls).
The name Kofi has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 88.6% of babies named Kofi were boys.
For boys, Kofi reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #797) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kofi ranks #877 for boys (3.7% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 81.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kofi reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #760) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Kofi ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 89.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kofi".
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