Boys' name · since 1996
Kinser
108 babies named Kinser in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 108
- total births
- 1996–2022
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
108 boys have been named Kinser since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kinser has been recorded 108 times among boys since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used boys 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 1996 to 2022.
- 108 total births
- 1996–2022 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 45% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kinser's 108 recorded births place it above 63% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kinser's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kinser's full recorded timeline at 2008, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kinser popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2022
- Peak year (2005)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kinser by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kinser's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Kinser births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 49 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Kinser's decade-level peak was the 2000s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1996–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kinser: Baby Name Since 1996 - 108 Births, Peak 2005." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kinser. 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 Kinser 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.