Kidus
#4,197 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kidus has been given to 861 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #4,197 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 55 recorded.
Babies named Kidus, 2025
1 in 133,000
Kidus over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Kidus?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 133,000
- 25 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 68,300
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #4,197
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 91,917 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kidus sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 91,917 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kidus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kiduss were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kidus was born before 2014 — so the typical Kidus is around 11 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 50.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 97.4%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 861
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 50.5% of all recorded uses (435).
Is Kidus rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −170
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,522
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,456
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.57×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 45.5%
- Peak was 2014 (55)
- Years since peak
- 11
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 25.4% average annual change
Spellings of Kidus
Kidus is not the most common spelling — Titus is, with 69.4% against Kidus's 2.2%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Kidus is used
Across 2016–2025, Kidus was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 44,229 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Maryland1 in 8,333
- 2Virginia1 in 14,286
- 3Washington1 in 16,667
- 4Georgia1 in 33,333
- 5Minnesota1 in 50,000
- 6California1 in 100,000
- 7Ohio1 in 100,000
- 8Texas1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Kidus around the world
Where Kidus ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1997–2025#5,137in 2025
- France2024–2024#6,047in 2024
- Canada2012–2024#2,134in 2024
- South Australia2009–2012#771in 2012
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Kidus by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Kidus
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kidus
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.