Girls' name · since 1915

Kiku

Kiku has 7 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#58,142 of 72,339
all-time among girls
7
born since 1915
1910s
peak decade

7 girls have been named Kiku since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Kiku has 7 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1915.

  • #58,142 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 7 born since 1915
  • 1910s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiku ranks #58,142 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 7 born since 1915, peaking in the 1910s.

#58,142 of 72,339
all-time among girls
7
born since 1915
1910s
peak decade
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Kiku's 7 recorded births place it above 18.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Kiku popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1915

Last recorded 1915
Peak year (1915)
7
Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
7 1915 7

Kiku by decade

1910s is the heaviest window (7 births, 100% of the file).

1910s was Kiku's strongest decade.

7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Kiku births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1910s at 7 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kiku?
7 babies have been named Kiku since 1915. All-time, it sits at #58,142 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1915. The peak year was 1915 with 7 births.
Where does Kiku sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiku ranks #58,142 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kiku most popular?
Kiku was most popular in the 1910s decade with 7 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
How long has the name Kiku been used?
Kiku has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 1 year of data through 1915.
What names are similar to Kiku?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kiki, Kikue, Kiko, Kikuye, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kiku: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1915–1915 (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 Kiku 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.