Kinshasa — unisex name

What the Data Says About Kinshasa

The Social Security Administration has registered 116 babies named Kinshasa between 1971 and 1997, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kinshasa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Kinshasa is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1975.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kinshasa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kinshasa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kinshasa 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 116 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.