Kanye
Kanye was the 12964th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 486th with 509 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 9,028 places. More babies were named Kanye in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,964 boys, up 112 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2004509 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,428babies recorded
Kanye popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 24 since 2004.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,964 | 5 |
| 2020 | #13,076 | 5 |
| 2010 | #3,586 | 30 |
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How popular is Kanye, counting every spelling?
Kanye has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kanye?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kanye (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kanye born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kanye.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kanye?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Kanye are alive today, with a median age of 21; half are between 17 and 22. That makes Kanye mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kanye: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kanye, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kanye
How popular is the name Kanye?
Kanye was the 12964th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 486th with 509 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 9,028 places. More babies were named Kanye in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Kanye a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kanye in the US.