Boys' name · since 1969
Kino
Kino has 268 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,268 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,300 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 268
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kino currently ranks #12300 among boys' names in America, with 268 babies recorded since 1969.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kino has been recorded 268 times among boys since 1969, currently ranked #12300 nationally and more common than 12% of boys, 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 1969 to 2025.
- #11,268 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,300 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 268 born since 1969
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kino ranks #11,268 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,300 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 268 born since 1969, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,268 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,300 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 268
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kino's 268 recorded births place it above 75.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kino compares
268 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kino's all-time total is 27% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kino | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 268 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kino's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kino splits its recorded history at 2003: 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 1969 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kino popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Kino by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (54 births, 20% of the file).
2000s was Kino's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Kino births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 54 births (20% of all-time use).
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- Kino's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kino: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~56 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1969–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Kino 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 August 2026.