Boys' name · since 1973
Kayode
Kayode has 203 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,865 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,359 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 203
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kayode currently ranks #12359 among boys' names in America, with 203 babies recorded since 1973.
Kayode has 203 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12359 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #12,865 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,359 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 203 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayode ranks #12,865 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,359 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 203 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,865 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,359 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 203
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kayode's 203 recorded births place it above 71.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kayode compares
203 38th 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
Kayode's all-time total is 45% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kayode | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 203 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kayode's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kayode's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kayode popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Kayode by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (47 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Kayode's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Kayode births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 47 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Kayode's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kayode: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Kayode 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.