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Kofi

#3,278 in 2025Boys' name

Born on Friday

Kofi has been given to 1,552 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #3,278 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 55 recorded.

Babies named Kofi, 2025

1 in 92,100

Kofi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kofi: meaning, origin, and history

Born on Friday

Akan

What Kofi means

Kofi means “born on Friday”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kofi is used in Akan and Sranan Tongo. Its origins include Akan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Afiba.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Akan, Kofi is pronounced [kòfí].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,542 boys were recorded with the name Kofi between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 55 in 2004; its best national rank was #1,996 in 1978.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,102 in 2020 to #3,278 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,832 in 2015 to #3,278 in 2025.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Kofi between 1976 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1976; its best national rank was #10,028 in 1976.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kofi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 92,100
36 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 47,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,278
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
63,832 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kofi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 63,832 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kofi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kofis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kofi was born before 2003 — so the typical Kofi is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
25.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
57.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,542
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 25.3% of all recorded uses (390).

Is Kofi 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
+374
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−176
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+554
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.29×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
65.5%
Peak was 2004 (55)
Years since peak
21
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,996
1978

Spellings of Kofi

Kofi is not the most common spelling — Kai is, with 31.7% against Kofi's 0.70%.

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 Kofi is used

Across 1910–2025, Kofi was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 244,600 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5Georgia1 in —
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in —
  7. 7New Jersey1 in —
  8. 8Ohio1 in —

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. Kofi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kofi around the world

Where Kofi 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 & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,798
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1978–1978
    #424
    in 1978

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kofi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,278
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 176
Best rank ever
#1,996
1978
Peak year
2004
55 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,542
Count in 2025
36

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,028
1976
Peak year
1976
5 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kofi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Kofi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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