Boys' name · since 2018
Kaneki
68 babies named Kaneki in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,031 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,822 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kaneki is the #8822 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 68 recorded since 2018.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaneki has been recorded 68 times among boys since 2018, currently ranked #8822 nationally and more common than 37% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #20,031 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,822 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 68 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaneki ranks #20,031 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,822 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 68 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,031 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,822 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaneki's 68 recorded births place it above 55.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaneki compares
68 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kaneki's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaneki | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 68 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kaneki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaneki splits its recorded history at 2022: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaneki popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Kaneki by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (55 births, 81% of the file).
2020s was Kaneki's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Kaneki births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 55 births (81% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaneki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2018–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kaneki draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.