Girls' name · since 1981
Kineshia
Kineshia has 10 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 10
- total births
- 1981–1990
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
10 girls have been named Kineshia since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kineshia recorded 10 times among girls since 1981, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 1990.
- 10 total births
- 1981–1990 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kineshia's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kineshia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kineshia's full recorded timeline at 1990, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births.
Kineshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1990
- Peak year (1981)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1990.
10 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 5 births in a single year.
Kineshia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kineshia's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kineshia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
Kineshia decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Kineshia's data
- Kineshia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1981–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kineshia: Baby Name Since 1981 - 10 Births, Peak 1981." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kineshia. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kineshia 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 July 2026.
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