Kidus
Kidus was the 4198th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2360th with 55 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,456 places. More babies were named Kidus in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,198 boys, down 1,522 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201455 babies
- Total since 1880
- 861babies recorded
Kidus popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,198 | 25 |
| 2020 | #2,676 | 47 |
| 2010 | #3,277 | 34 |
| 2000 | #6,608 | 10 |
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How popular is Kidus, counting every spelling?
Kidus has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kidus?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kidus (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kidus 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 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kidus.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kidus?
About 900 people born in the US named Kidus are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 7 and 17. That makes Kidus a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Kidus by state
How common Kidus was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Kidus
How popular is the name Kidus?
Kidus was the 4198th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2360th with 55 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,456 places. More babies were named Kidus in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kidus a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kidus in the US.
Where is Kidus most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kidus was most common in Maryland (0.11 per 1,000 boys), followed by Virginia and Washington.