Is Sekou a boy or girl name?

Sekou is a boy’s name. Of the 1,118 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Sekou

Recorded 1970–2025 · United States

Sekou was most popular in 2011, when 38 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,747 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,118 people named Sekou.

Sekou over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sekou’s peak in 2011. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sekou a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sekou is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,118 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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 Sekou

Where Sekou is most concentrated

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

New York 10.2×

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