Boys' name · since 1984
Kidd
67 babies named Kidd in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,139 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,496 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 67
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kidd currently ranks #12496 among boys' names in America, with 67 babies recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kidd has been recorded 67 times among boys since 1984, currently ranked #12496 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #20,139 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,496 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 67 born since 1984
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kidd ranks #20,139 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,496 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 67 born since 1984, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,139 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,496 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 67
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kidd's 67 recorded births place it above 55.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kidd compares
67 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Kidd's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kidd | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 67 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kidd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kidd's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kidd popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Kidd by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (38 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Kidd's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Kidd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 38 births (57% of all-time use).
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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, 1984–2025 (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 Kidd 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.