Kota
Kota was the 1831st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 87 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1820th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,361 places. More babies were named Kota in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,831 boys, up 621 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 87boys
- Girls and boys
- 17% girls, 83% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202388 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,205babies recorded
Kota popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,025 | #1,831 | 20 | 87 |
| 2020 | #11,650 | #2,452 | 8 | 53 |
| 2010 | #18,558 | #4,775 | 5 | 20 |
| 2000 | — | #11,409 | — | 5 |
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How popular is Kota, counting every spelling?
Kota is the most common spelling of a name family that had 87 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 87 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kota | 87 | #1,831 | 395 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kota?
87 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kota (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kota 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 96 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kota.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kota?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Kota are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 16. That makes Kota 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.
Kota by state
How common Kota was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 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
These names rose and fell in step with Kota: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kota, they share its era and feel.
Kota is also a nickname for Dakota.
Questions about the name Kota
How popular is the name Kota?
Kota was the 1831st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 87 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1820th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,361 places. More babies were named Kota in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kota a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 17% girls, 83% boys given the name Kota in the US.
Where is Kota most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kota was most common in Texas (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Florida.