Boys' name · since 1996
Kinnon
Kinnon has 18 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 18
- total births
- 1996–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Kinnon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 18 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Kinnon recorded 18 times among boys since 1996, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2023.
- 18 total births
- 1996–2023 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kinnon's 18 recorded births place it above 34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kinnon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kinnon splits its recorded history at 2019: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kinnon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2023
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Kinnon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kinnon's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Kinnon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 7 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Kinnon's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1996–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kinnon: Baby Name Since 1996 - 18 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kinnon. 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 Kinnon 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.