Boys' name · since 1997
Kinan
371 babies named Kinan in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,441 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,558 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 371
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kinan currently ranks #3558 among boys' names in America, with 371 babies recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Kinan recorded 371 times among boys since 1997, holding rank #3558 nationally today, ahead of 74% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #9,441 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,558 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 371 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kinan ranks #9,441 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,558 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 371 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,441 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,558 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 371
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kinan's 371 recorded births place it above 79.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kinan compares
371 Top 50% higher than 50% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Kinan's all-time total is 1% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kinan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 371 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kinan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kinan's full recorded timeline at 2014, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kinan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kinan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (180 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Kinan's strongest decade.
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Kinan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 41
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
145 births
- 2020s
2020s
180 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 180 births (49% of all-time use).
Kinan by state
Where Kinan concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 46 | 12.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 21 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 10 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 7 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.3% |
46 of 371 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- California records the most Kinans (46 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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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, 1997–2025 (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 Kinan 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.