NameTides

Kidus

Kidus was the #4,139 boys' name in the US in 2025 (25 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Kidus as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kidus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kidus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,139 (25)#5,137 (3)#2,789 (6)
2024#3,986 (27)#4,271 (4)#1,909 (10)
2023#3,055 (40)#2,326 (9)#2,123 (8)
2022#3,774 (29)#2,530 (8)#1,895 (9)
2021#3,297 (35)#1,984 (11)—
2020#2,658 (47)#3,848 (4)—
2019#2,808 (44)#3,013 (6)#1,634 (11)
2018#2,674 (46)#3,412 (5)#1,682 (10)
2017#3,193 (36)#4,812 (3)#2,439 (6)
2016#2,365 (55)#2,556 (8)#1,683 (10)
2015#2,722 (44)#4,747 (3)#2,387 (6)
2014#2,345 (55)#2,964 (6)#1,936 (8)
2013#2,668 (44)#2,403 (8)#2,305 (6)
2012#2,716 (44)——
2011#3,306 (33)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #2,345.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 67,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kidus is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 67,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 49,000 to 1 in 93,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kidus by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kidus (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KidusCanadaBoys#2,7896
KidusEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
KidusNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KidusUSBoys#4,13925