How popular is the baby name Kuiper in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Kuiper.

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Popularity of the baby name Kuiper


Posts that mention the name Kuiper

Boy names on the rise in the U.S. in 2022

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Which boy names increased in usage the most from 2021 to 2022?

Here’s a table of the fastest-rising boy names of 2022. On the left are the top 25 increases in terms of absolute change (numbers of babies). On the right are the top 25 increases in terms of relative change (percentages of babies).

RankBoy nameAbsolute riseBoy nameRelative rise
1Walker1,372Myheir640%
2Theodore1,173Maykel600%
3Mateo1,162Kazmir500%
4Santiago951Ithiel400%
5Cooper940Kuiper340%
6Luca930Majestic340%
7Theo915Vedaant333%
8Thiago749Kix320%
9Kai719Ezryn300%
10Stetson584Navon300%
11Ezra529Azair290%
12Leo467Honour280%
13Wesley431Orhan268%
14Sebastian427Aavyan264%
15Maverick401Vishaan260%
16Koa399Maynard257%
17Tate396Dutton242%
18Oliver393Azarius240%
19Angel367Cayce240%
20Enzo355Izreal240%
21Atlas352Noar240%
22Elias348Shyne238%
23Micah327Dupree233%
24Eithan324Jafeth229%
25Amir316Zimri229%

Walker, Theodore, and several others were also among the fastest-rising names (absolute change) in 2021.

A couple of possible explanations for the relative rises…

  • Maykel Osorbo is a rapper/activist from Cuba who was jailed in mid-2022.
  • Dutton is a surname from the TV series Yellowstone. (And Cayce is similar to Kayce, a forename from Yellowstone.)

If you can explain any of the other rises, please leave a comment!

Image: Adapted from Turkey-2036 by Dennis Jarvis under CC BY-SA 2.0.

The top boy-name debuts of 2017

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Asahd was the top debut name on the boys’ side of the list in 2017.

The boy names that debuted most impressively last year were…

1. Asahd, 58 baby boys
2. Kashdon, 30
3. Kassian, 22
4. Draxler / Ikeni / Noctis, 17 each (3-way tie)
5. Dakston, 13

In order for a rare baby name to make the cut and appear in the SSA’s baby name data for the first time, it has to be given to at least 5 babies (of either one gender or the other) within a given year.

The other names that debuted with ten-or-more baby boys in 2017 were Amunra, Arjunreddy, Irtaza, Ledgen, Gurbaaz, Caspen, Meliodas, Sreyan, Tewodros, and Yeziel.

Debuts lower down on the list include: Aarushreddy, Imronbek, Benjen, Kadafi, Killiam, Agambir, Almighty, Bamlak, Kuiper, Munther, Owsley, Slayer, Tolkien, Tuguldur, Vandawt, Zage, Zealous, Aoto, Bender, Bodhisattva, Cerulean, Go.

If you know what the explanations are for any of them, please leave a comment!

Here are the top boy name debuts of 2016.

[Note: I’ll be updating this post throughout the day.]

Source: SSA

Image: Adapted from LotusBud0048a (public domain) by Frank “Fg2” Gualtieri