Nkosi — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nkosi

The Social Security Administration has registered 367 babies named Nkosi between 1972 and 2022, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nkosi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nkosi performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nkosi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Nkosi in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nkosi 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 367 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.