How Many People Are Named Kanye?
people named Kanye are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 242,400 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,428 babies named Kanye in Social Security records from 2002 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
528 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kanye, 1.7% were girls and 98.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kanye alive today is about 18 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kanye first appears in the records in 2002 and was given most often in 2004, to 528 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2002 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kanye has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #486, in 2004. In 2025 it ranked #12,959.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,959 |
| Best rank | #486 (2004) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,356 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kanye alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kanye were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 79 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kanye was given 2.2 times as often in Georgia, 2.2 times in Illinois and 1.3 times in Florida.
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