Kidus first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1996. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2014, 55 babies received the name (ranked #2360). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #3079), with roughly 40 babies named Kidus each year. Kidus's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 836 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.