Girls' name · since 1959
Kinda
Kinda has 321 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,447 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 321
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kinda is the #13447 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 321 recorded since 1959.
Kinda has 321 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13447 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #15,356 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,447 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 321 born since 1959
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kinda ranks #15,356 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,447 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 321 born since 1959, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,447 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 321
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kinda's 321 recorded births place it above 78.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Kinda compares
321 46th percentile among 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
Kinda's all-time total is 15% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kinda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 321 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kinda's full recorded timeline at 1988, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (1973)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Kinda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (100 births, 31% of the file).
1970s was Kinda's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 37
1960s
37 births
- 1970s
1970s
100 births
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 100 births (31% of all-time use).
Kinda by state
Where Kinda concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 3.1% |
10 of 321 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kinda's data
- Kinda's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (100 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Kindas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Kinda 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.