Kinnick — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kinnick

The Social Security Administration has registered 497 babies named Kinnick between 2004 and 2023, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kinnick currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kinnick performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 323 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kinnick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 361 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Nebraska. In total, SSA state-level files list Kinnick in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kinnick 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 497 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.