girls:
530 births since 1999
#5186 (9th percentile)
boys:
723 births since 1995
#3864 (16th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1995
#6488 (16th percentile)
The name Koi is the #6,488 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,253 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 16.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,864 (15.7% percentile) for all time with 723 births since 1995. For girls, it ranks #5,186 (9.2% percentile) for all time with 530 births since 1999.
Koi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for boys and 1999 for girls). Birth data for Koi is available in 28 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023 (28 years for boys and 24 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 Koi has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (57.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 43.7% of babies named Koi were boys.
For boys, Koi reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #865) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Koi ranks #861 for boys (5.5% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 87.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Koi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #881) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 41 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Koi is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #881 (7.0% percentile) with 41 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Koi".
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