Kin — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kin

The Social Security Administration has registered 271 babies named Kin between 1935 and 2023, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kin 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 271 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.