Boys' name · since 1987
Kosuke
Kosuke has 46 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 46
- total births
- 1987–2009
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
46 boys have been named Kosuke since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kosuke has been recorded 46 times among boys since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2009.
- 46 total births
- 1987–2009 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kosuke's 46 recorded births place it above 50% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kosuke's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kosuke's full recorded timeline at 2002, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kosuke popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2009
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Kosuke by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kosuke's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kosuke births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (50% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1987–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kosuke: Baby Name Since 1987 - 46 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kosuke. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kosuke 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 July 2026.