Kou
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1992
48 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
724
since 1979
Born a Kou? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kou was most popular in 1992, when 48 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.02 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Kou in 2025. Not recorded since 2017.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 5 | 12246 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 6 | 10728 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 9 | 8079 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 10 | 7096 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 8 | 7831 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 10 | 6522 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 9 | 6839 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 10 | 6042 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 13 | 4873 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 19 | 3601 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 22 | 3202 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 22 | 3100 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 30 | 2502 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 33 | 2295 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | 48 | 1750 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13147 | 41 | 1895 |
| 1990 | 5 | 12958 | 41 | 1870 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 43 | 1766 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 38 | 1790 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11325 | 37 | 1760 |
| 1986 | 6 | 9545 | 28 | 2057 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 29 | 1975 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 32 | 1764 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 23 | 2208 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 31 | 1815 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8128 | 34 | 1695 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 28 | 1965 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 6 | 5355 |
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Recorded as girls 5% · boys 95% across all years