Unisex name · since 1996
Kindred
157 babies named Kindred in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,459 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 157
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kindred sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 157 recorded since 1996.
Kindred has 157 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2024.
- #14,459 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 157 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kindred ranks #14,459 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 157 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,459 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 157
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kindred's 157 recorded births place it above 68.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kindred's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kindred's full recorded timeline at 2013, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kindred popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2024
- Peak year (2005)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kindred popularity over time - girls
140 total births recorded since 1996 (Kindred as girls' name)
Kindred by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (56 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Kindred's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Kindred births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 56 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Kindred's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kindred: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1996–2024 (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 Kindred 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.