Kong Popularity by Year
Follow Kong across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kong 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Boys | 6 | #10,770 | Down 899 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 7 | #9,871 | Down 83 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 7 | #9,788 | Down 1,489 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 8 | #8,299 | Up 628 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 7 | #8,927 | Down 284 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 7 | #8,643 | Down 3,512 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 14 | #5,131 | Down 829 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 18 | #4,302 | Down 1,227 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 28 | #3,075 | Up 516 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 21 | #3,591 | Down 992 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 32 | #2,599 | Down 635 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 46 | #1,964 | Up 416 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 33 | #2,380 | Down 278 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 39 | #2,102 | Down 459 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 55 | #1,643 | Down 322 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 74 | #1,321 | Up 225 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 57 | #1,546 | Down 135 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 65 | #1,411 | Up 176 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 52 | #1,587 | Down 20 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 51 | #1,567 | Down 116 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 53 | #1,451 | Up 664 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 28 | #2,115 | Down 58 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 28 | #2,057 | Down 263 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 33 | #1,794 | Up 2 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 31 | #1,796 | Down 202 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 37 | #1,594 | Up 180 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 32 | #1,774 | Down 274 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 41 | #1,500 | Up 1,331 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 16 | #2,831 | Up 1,237 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 9 | #4,068 | — |