Boys' name · since 1972
Konan
145 babies named Konan in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,980 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,300 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
Konan currently ranks #4300 among boys' names in America, with 145 babies recorded since 1972.
Konan has 145 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4300 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #14,980 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,300 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 145 born since 1972
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Konan ranks #14,980 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,300 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 145 born since 1972, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,980 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,300 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
Konan's 145 recorded births place it above 67.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Konan compares
145 32nd 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
Konan's all-time total is 61% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Konan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 145 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Konan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Konan's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Konan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Konan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (88 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Konan's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Konan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
88 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 88 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Konan: 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 (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Konan 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.