Kiniyah — #16645 US girls' name
23 babies named Kiniyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 6% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Kiniyah was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kiniyah in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiniyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Kiniyah between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiniyah currently holds the #16645 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiniyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kiniyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiniyah 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 23 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.
Kiniyah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiniyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2012)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #16645 among girls.
23 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 8 births in a single year.
Kiniyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 13 births that decade — 57% of Kiniyah's all-time total
Kiniyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kiniyah's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 2008–2024 (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.