Unisex name · since 1977
Kinta
Kinta has 73 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 73
- total births
- 1977–1982
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 84%
- born in that decade
73 boys have been named Kinta since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kinta has 73 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1982.
- 73 total births
- 1977–1982 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 84% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kinta's 73 recorded births place it above 57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Kinta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kinta's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 26% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 74%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kinta popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1982
- Peak year (1977)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Kinta popularity over time - girls
14 total births recorded since 1977 (Kinta as girls' name)
Kinta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kinta's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Kinta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
61 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 61 births (84% of all-time use).
Kinta by state
Where Kinta concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
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- Kinta's decade-level peak was the 1970s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Kintas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
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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, 1977–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kinta: Baby Name Since 1977 - 73 Births, Peak 1977." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kinta. 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 Kinta 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.