Boys' name · since 2008
Zuko
Zuko has 298 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,639 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,081 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 298
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zuko currently ranks #3081 among boys' names in America, with 298 babies recorded since 2008.
Zuko has 298 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3081 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #10,639 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,081 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 298 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zuko ranks #10,639 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,081 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 298 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,639 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,081 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 298
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zuko's 298 recorded births place it above 76.6% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Zuko compares
298 45th 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
Zuko's all-time total is 19% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zuko | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 298 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zuko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zuko splits its recorded history at 2019: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 54 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zuko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Zuko by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (236 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Zuko's strongest decade.
236 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Zuko births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 57
2010s
57 births
- 2020s
2020s
236 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 236 births (79% of all-time use).
Zuko by state
Where Zuko concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36 | 12.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 3.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 5 | 1.7% |
36 of 298 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- California records the most Zukos (36 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zuko: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Zuko 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.