Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kanye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,428
- 1,404 boys · 24 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 528 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,964 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,964 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 509 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,173 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kanye’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kanye
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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