Girls' name · since 1987
Kinga
Kinga has 213 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 213
- total births
- 1987–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
Kinga is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 213 have been recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kinga has been recorded 213 times among girls since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- 213 total births
- 1987–2025 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 45% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kinga's 213 recorded births place it above 73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Kinga's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kinga splits its recorded history at 2005: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kinga popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Kinga by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kinga's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Kinga births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 95 births (45% of all-time use).
Kinga by state
Where Kinga concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 22 | 10.3% |
22 of 213 births nationwide.
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- Kinga's decade-level peak was the 2000s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Kingas (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
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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, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kinga: Baby Name Since 1987 - 213 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kinga. 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 Kinga 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.