Total births
166
Girls' name · since 2002
Kida
166 babies named Kida in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8278
- among girls today
- 166
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 53%
- more common than other girls
Kida currently ranks #8278 among girls' names in America, with 166 babies recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Kida recorded 166 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #8278 nationally today, ahead of 53% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #8278 among girls today
- 166 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
- 53% more common than other girls
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
Kida is currently the #8278 girls' name in America, more common than 53% of girls - 166 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8278
- among girls today
- 166
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 53%
- more common than other girls
Kida vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#8278
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 53% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
48% of everyone ever named Kida was born in this single decade.
2020
Single peak year
17 babies were named Kida in 2020 - its busiest year on record.
How Kida compares
166 33rd percentile among 17,726 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
Kida's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kida | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 166 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 48 | 19,840 |
Kida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kida splits its recorded history at 2018: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kida at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2020
Current rank
#8,278
Active since
2002
Kida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Kida by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Kida's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 80 births (48% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Kida? ▼
Kida has been given to 166 babies in the U.S. since 2002, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #8278 as of the latest data. 17 babies were born in 2020, its single highest year.
When was Kida most popular? ▼
Kida was most popular in the 2020s decade with 80 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Kida been used? ▼
Kida has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 24 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Kida? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kidada, Kidist, Kiden, Kidata. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kida: #8278 Girls' Name - 166 Births, Peak 2020." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kida. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kida 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 July 2026.