Unisex name · since 1979
Kiko
Kiko has 157 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,458 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,854 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 157
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kiko currently ranks #7854 among unisex names in America, with 157 babies recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Kiko recorded 157 times among boys since 1979, holding rank #7854 nationally today, ahead of 44% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #14,458 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,854 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 157 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiko ranks #14,458 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,854 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 157 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,458 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,854 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 157
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kiko's 157 recorded births place it above 68.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kiko compares
157 33rd 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
Kiko's all-time total is 57% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kiko | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 157 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kiko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kiko's full recorded timeline at 2017, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kiko popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Kiko popularity over time - girls
125 total births recorded since 2006 (Kiko as girls' name)
Kiko by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (64 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Kiko's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kiko births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 64 births (41% of all-time use).
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Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Kiko 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.