Is Kofi a boy or girl name?

Kofi is a boy’s name. Of the 1,552 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.

Kofi

Recorded 1970–2025 · United States

Kofi was most popular in 2004, when 55 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,866 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,962, with 36 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,552 people named Kofi.

Kofi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kofi’s peak in 2004. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kofi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kofi is a boy’s name — 0.6% of the 1,552 Americans given it were girls and 99.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kofi

Where Kofi is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

New York 7.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org