Kikuyo — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kikuyo

The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Kikuyo between 1904 and 1923, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kikuyo currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1923. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kikuyo performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kikuyo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kikuyo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kikuyo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 31 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.