Masculine dossier · first seen 2002

Kanye

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kanye
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.2% from peak

Peak era

2004

Peak rank proxy

509

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

2002Peak 20042024

Peak year

2004

Decline from peak

97.2%

2024

All-time

1,399

Kanye once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 2004, when 509 boys were named Kanye.

In 2024, only 14 boys were given the name.

Down 97.2% from its peak.

All told, about 1,399 Americans have been named Kanye and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 2002.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.2% from peak

2004509 boys named Kanye

202414 boys named Kanye

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