Kid — boys' name
25 babies named Kid in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1890. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Kid was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Kid in 1890 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kid
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Kid between 1890 and 1917, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kid currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1917. The name reached its historical peak in 1890, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kid performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kid shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kid 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 25 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.
Kid at a glance
Last recorded 1917Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1890
- Peak year (1890)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1917.
25 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1890 with 5 births in a single year.
Kid by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 15 births that decade — 60% of Kid's all-time total
Kid decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Kid's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% 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, 1890–1917 (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.