Nkosi was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Nkosi as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
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
England & Wales
2025
#9,714 (7)
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2022
#9,823 (7)
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2021
#10,799 (6)
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2020
#8,739 (8)
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2019
#6,406 (13)
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2017
#9,696 (7)
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2015
#10,644 (6)
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2014
#12,108 (5)
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2013
#9,655 (7)
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2012
#8,864 (8)
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2010
#9,693 (7)
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2009
#10,994 (6)
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2008
#12,553 (5)
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2007
#8,915 (8)
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2006
#8,732 (8)
#4,052 (3)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2001 at #2,489.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1972.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 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.