Girls' name · since 1996
Kainat
Kainat has 177 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,068 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 177
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
177 babies have been named Kainat since 1996, making it today's #5830 girls' name.
Kainat has 177 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5830 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #21,068 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,830 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 177 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kainat ranks #21,068 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,830 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 177 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,068 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 177
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kainat's 177 recorded births place it above 70.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kainat compares
177 34th percentile among 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
Kainat's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kainat | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 177 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kainat's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kainat's full recorded timeline at 2012, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kainat popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kainat by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (87 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Kainat's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Kainat births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
- 2020s
2020s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 87 births (49% of all-time use).
Kainat by state
Where Kainat concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 7.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 2.8% |
13 of 177 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Kainats (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kainat: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1996–2025 (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 Kainat 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.