Kantina — girls' name
20 babies named Kantina in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Kantina was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kantina in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kantina
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Kantina between 1972 and 1977, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kantina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kantina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kantina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 20 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kantina at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kantina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1972
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
20 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 9 births in a single year.
Kantina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 20 births that decade — 100% of Kantina's all-time total
Kantina decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kantina's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.