Girls' name · since 2017
Koto
Koto has 10 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #55,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 2017
- 2010s
- peak decade
10 girls have been named Koto since 2017, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Koto has been recorded 10 times among girls since 2017, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 2017 to 2018.
- #55,724 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 2017
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Koto ranks #55,724 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 2017, peaking in the 2010s.
- #55,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 2017
- 2010s
- peak decade
Koto's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Koto's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Koto's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 5 births recorded.
Koto popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2018
- Peak year (2017)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Koto by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Koto's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Koto births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Koto: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~1 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, 2017–2018 (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 Koto 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.