Kanye — #6357 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kanye

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,399 babies named Kanye between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kanye currently holds the #6357 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 509 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanye performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kanye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Kanye in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kanye in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,399 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.