Boys' name · since 1986
Kiev
74 babies named Kiev in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 74
- total births
- 1986–2010
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Kiev sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 74 recorded since 1986.
Social Security Administration records show Kiev recorded 74 times among boys since 1986, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2010.
- 74 total births
- 1986–2010 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kiev's 74 recorded births place it above 57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kiev's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kiev splits its recorded history at 2004: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kiev popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2010
- Peak year (2000)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kiev by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kiev's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Kiev births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 44 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Kiev's decade-level peak was the 2000s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1986–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kiev: Baby Name Since 1986 - 74 Births, Peak 2000." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kiev. 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 Kiev 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.