Boys' name · since 2008
Kaos
93 babies named Kaos in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,889 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,443 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 93
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaos currently ranks #11443 among boys' names in America, with 93 babies recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaos has been recorded 93 times among boys since 2008, currently ranked #11443 nationally and more common than 18% 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 2008 to 2025.
- #17,889 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,443 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 93 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaos ranks #17,889 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,443 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 93 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,889 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,443 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 93
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaos's 93 recorded births place it above 60.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaos compares
93 25th 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
Kaos's all-time total is 75% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaos | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 93 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kaos's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaos splits its recorded history at 2019: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Kaos by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Kaos's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kaos births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaos: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Kaos 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.