Girls' name · since 1920
Kiki
Kiki has 1,112 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,968 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,937 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,112
- born since 1920
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kiki currently ranks #7937 among girls' names in America, with 1,112 babies recorded since 1920.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiki has been recorded 1,112 times among girls since 1920, currently ranked #7937 nationally and more common than 54% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #6,968 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,937 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,112 born since 1920
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiki ranks #6,968 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,937 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,112 born since 1920, peaking in the 1970s.
- #6,968 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,937 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,112
- born since 1920
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kiki's 1,112 recorded births place it above 90.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kiki compares
1,112 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 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
Kiki's all-time total is 196% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kiki | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,112 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kiki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kiki's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 42, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kiki popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Kiki popularity over time - boys
25 total births recorded since 1980 (Kiki as boys' name)
Kiki by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (273 births, 25% of the file).
1970s was Kiki's strongest decade.
273 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Kiki births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 38
1920s
38 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1950s 71
1950s
71 births
- 1960s
1960s
134 births
- 1970s
1970s
273 births
- 1980s
1980s
142 births
- 1990s 85
1990s
85 births
- 2000s
2000s
138 births
- 2010s
2010s
111 births
- 2020s 90
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 273 births (25% of all-time use).
How Kiki compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kiki's total volume
Kiki by state
Where Kiki concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 32 | 2.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 21 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
32 of 1,112 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Kiki's data
- Kiki's decade-level peak was the 1970s (273 total births); usage has since declined to 90 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kikis (32 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Kiki
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kiki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Kiki 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.