Boys' name · since 2005
Koan
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Koan, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,939 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
86 babies have been named Koan since 2005, making it today's #12939 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Koan has been recorded 86 times among boys since 2005, currently ranked #12939 nationally and more common than 7% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #18,403 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,939 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 86 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Koan ranks #18,403 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,939 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 86 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,939 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Koan's 86 recorded births place it above 59.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Koan compares
86 24th 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
Koan's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Koan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 86 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Koan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Koan's full recorded timeline at 2017, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Koan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Koan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (32 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Koan's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Koan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 32 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Koan's data
- Koan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 2020s (32) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Koan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Koan 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.