Koan Popularity by Year
Follow Koan across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Koan 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 3,696 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 9 | #8,312 | Up 1,451 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 7 | #9,763 | Up 1,100 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 6 | #10,863 | Up 1,159 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 5 | #12,022 | Up 134 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 5 | #12,156 | Down 2,460 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 7 | #9,696 | Down 880 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 8 | #8,816 | Up 3,292 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 5 | #12,108 | Down 2,399 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 7 | #9,709 | Up 1,285 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 6 | #10,994 | Down 73 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 6 | #10,921 | Up 1,134 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 583 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | — |