Kota
Kota is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 74 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 740.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202388 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1985
- 1,098people given the name
The story in the numbers
960 boys have been named Kota in the United States since 1985, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 88 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2020s alone account for 38%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 138 girls have also been given it, 13% of the total.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Kota was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Kota
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zamirpeak 2023
- Mahirpeak 2024
- Gadielpeak 2024
- Kaleopeak 2024
- Kaipeak 2022
- Zaydpeak 2024
- Zahirpeak 2023
- Alessiopeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.