Kou peaked in the US in 1992 at #1,750, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Kou as a boy’s name Share of babies Rank
Kou as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.05 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Kou as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.05 1880 1920 1960 2000 Kou as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K #100K 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Kou as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K #100K 1880 1920 1960 2000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers Year US 2017 #12,246 (5) 2013 #10,728 (6) 2011 #8,079 (9) 2009 #12,491 (5) 2007 #12,367 (5) 2005 #7,096 (10) 2004 #8,143 (8) 2003 #7,831 (8) 2002 #6,522 (10) 2001 #7,536 (8) 2000 #6,839 (9) 1999 #6,042 (10) 1998 #4,873 (13) 1997 #3,601 (19) 1996 #3,202 (22)
The tide so far Peaked in the US in 1992 at #1,750. First recorded in the US in 1979. In 1992, 9% of US babies named Kou were girls.