How Many People Are Named Kofi?
people named Kofi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 226,798 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,552 babies named Kofi in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
55 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "born on Friday" in Akan.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kofi, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kofi alive today is about 23 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kofi first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2004, to 55 babies. In 2025, 36 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kofi has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,996, in 1978. In 2025 it ranked #3,278.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,278 |
| Best rank | #1,996 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,755 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kofi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kofi were born in New York than in any other state: about 187 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kofi was given about 9.3 times as often in New York.
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