Boys' name · since 2020
Kuma
24 babies named Kuma in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,556 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,444 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 24
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kuma currently ranks #13444 among boys' names in America, with 24 babies recorded since 2020.
Social Security Administration records show Kuma recorded 24 times among boys since 2020, holding rank #13444 nationally today, ahead of 3% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- #27,556 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,444 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 24 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kuma ranks #27,556 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,444 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 24 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,556 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,444 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 24
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kuma's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kuma compares
24 9th 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
Kuma's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kuma | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 24 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kuma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kuma's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kuma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Kuma by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (24 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Kuma's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kuma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kuma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2020–2025 (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 Kuma 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.