Kindu — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kindu

The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Kindu between 1973 and 1978, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kindu currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kindu performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kindu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kindu 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 11 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.