Girls' name · since 1994
Bintu
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 58 babies named Bintu, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,207 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bintu is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 58 have been recorded since 1994.
Bintu has 58 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2017.
- #33,207 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bintu ranks #33,207 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,207 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bintu's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bintu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bintu's full recorded timeline at 2009, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bintu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2017
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Bintu by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (28 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Bintu's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Bintu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Bintu's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2010s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bintu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1994–2017 (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 Bintu 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.