Kanye Popularity by Year
Follow Kanye across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kanye birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 5 | #12,008 | Down 5,809 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 14 | #6,199 | Up 318 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 13 | #6,517 | Down 370 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 14 | #6,147 | Up 551 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 12 | #6,698 | Up 5,324 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 5 | #12,022 | Down 2,266 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 7 | #9,756 | Down 3,411 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 13 | #6,345 | Down 7 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 13 | #6,338 | Down 1,020 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 17 | #5,318 | Down 1,436 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 27 | #3,882 | Up 510 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 22 | #4,392 | Down 1,544 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 40 | #2,848 | Up 331 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 35 | #3,179 | Down 15 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 35 | #3,164 | Up 367 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 30 | #3,531 | Down 1,412 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 64 | #2,119 | Down 306 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 81 | #1,813 | Up 603 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 53 | #2,416 | Down 915 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 101 | #1,501 | Down 609 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 202 | #892 | Down 406 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 5 | #16,462 | Down 10,246 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 509 | #486 | Up 1,006 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 19 | #6,216 | — |
| 2003 | Boys | 87 | #1,492 | Up 9,175 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 5 | #10,667 | — |