Kohei — boys' name
147 babies named Kohei in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Kohei was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Kohei in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kohei
The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Kohei between 1989 and 2017, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kohei currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kohei performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kohei shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kohei in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kohei 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 147 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.
Kohei at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kohei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1989
- Peak year (1993)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
147 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 12 births in a single year.
Kohei by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 70 births that decade — 48% of Kohei's all-time total
Kohei decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kohei's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Kohei by state
Where Kohei concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 147 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.