Recorded 2015–2018 Boys' name Peak 2018 11 births

Kronos — boys' name

11 babies named Kronos in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s11
2010s
Peak decade

100% of everyone ever named Kronos was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

6 babies were named Kronos in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kronos

The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Kronos between 2015 and 2018, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kronos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kronos performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kronos 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 11 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.

Kronos at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

11

Since 2015

4 years of records

Peak year

2018

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2015

Recorded for 4 years

Last year on file: 2018

Kronos popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2015

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2018)
6
Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
4.555.566.5 20182015 5

Kronos by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
11 births that decade — 100% of Kronos's all-time total
2010s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kronos?
11 babies have been named Kronos since 2015. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2018 with 6 births.
When was Kronos most popular?
Kronos was most popular in the 2010s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Kronos been used?
Kronos has been recorded in Social Security data since 2015, spanning 4 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Kronos?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kross, Kroy, Kron, Krosby, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2015–2018 (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.