Girls' name · since 1994
Bintou
597 babies named Bintou in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,220 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 597
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bintou is the #6220 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 597 recorded since 1994.
Social Security Administration records show Bintou recorded 597 times among girls since 1994, holding rank #6220 nationally today, ahead of 64% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #10,587 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,220 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 597 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bintou ranks #10,587 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,220 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 597 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,220 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 597
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bintou's 597 recorded births place it above 85.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Bintou compares
597 Top 42% higher than 58% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bintou's all-time total is 59% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bintou | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 597 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bintou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bintou's full recorded timeline at 2010, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 35 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bintou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Bintou by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (211 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Bintou's strongest decade.
211 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Bintou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 54
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
211 births
- 2010s
2010s
196 births
- 2020s
2020s
136 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 211 births (35% of all-time use).
How Bintou compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Bintou's total volume
Bintou by state
Where Bintou concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 251 | 42.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.8% |
251 of 597 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Bintou's data
- Bintou's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (211 total births) through the 2020s (136) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Bintous (251 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bintou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bintou draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.