Ko

Boy · recorded 1985–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 2016best year

Most popular in 2016.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ko.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1985

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 13 recorded years as a table
Ko, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19853
19892
19903
19913
19923
20082
20103
20113
20153
20164
20193
20204
20213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ko isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
6
Rank in 2021
#10,799
How rare
1 in 291,580 boys
Since 1985
75

Ko was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2016, at 4 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ko doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.