Girls' name · since 1974
Kidada
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 93 babies named Kidada, peaking in 1974. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kidada is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 93 have been recorded since 1974.
Kidada has 93 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1997.
- #27,914 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 93 born since 1974
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kidada ranks #27,914 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 93 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kidada's 93 recorded births place it above 61.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kidada's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kidada's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 24% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 76%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kidada popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1997
- Peak year (1974)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Kidada by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (78 births, 84% of the file).
1970s was Kidada's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Kidada births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
78 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 78 births (84% of all-time use).
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- Kidada's decade-level peak was the 1970s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kidada: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
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, 1974–1997 (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 Kidada 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.