Kindsey — girls' name
82 babies named Kindsey in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
82 girls have been named Kindsey since 1982, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2010.
- 82
- total births
- 1982–2010
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Kindsey was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kindsey in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kindsey
The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Kindsey between 1982 and 2010, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kindsey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kindsey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kindsey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kindsey 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 82 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.
Kindsey at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kindsey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1982
- Peak year (1989)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
82 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 8 births in a single year.
Kindsey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 40 births that decade — 49% of Kindsey's all-time total
Kindsey decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kindsey's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.