Girls' name · since 2005
Kihara
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 61 babies named Kihara, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,681 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 61
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kihara is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 61 have been recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Kihara recorded 61 times among girls since 2005, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2020.
- #32,681 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 61 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kihara ranks #32,681 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 61 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,681 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 61
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kihara's 61 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kihara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kihara's full recorded timeline at 2014, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kihara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2020
- Peak year (2005)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Kihara by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (36 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Kihara's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Kihara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 36 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Kihara's decade-level peak was the 2010s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Kihara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2005–2020 (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 Kihara 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.