Recorded 1915–1929 Girls' name Peak 1915 21 births

Kinue — girls' name

21 babies named Kinue in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s111920s10

The verdict

21 girls have been named Kinue since 1915, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 1929.

21
total births
1915–1929
years on record
1910s
peak decade
52%
born in that decade
1910s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Kinue was born in this single decade.

1915
Single peak year

6 babies were named Kinue in 1915 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kinue

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Kinue between 1915 and 1929, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kinue currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kinue performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kinue shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kinue in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kinue 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 21 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.

Kinue at a glance

Last recorded 1929

Total births

21

Since 1915

15 years of records

Peak year

1915

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1929

Active since

1915

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 1929

Kinue popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1915

Last recorded 1929
Peak year (1915)
6
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
4.555.566.5 1929192219191915 6

Kinue by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
11 births that decade — 52% of Kinue's all-time total
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Kinue by state

Where Kinue concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kinue
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
10 47.6%
Hawaii share of Kinue's total US births 47.6%

10 of 21 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kinue?
21 babies have been named Kinue since 1915. It was last recorded in 1929. The peak year was 1915 with 6 births.
When was Kinue most popular?
Kinue was most popular in the 1910s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
Where is Kinue most popular?
The top states for the name Kinue are Hawaii (10 births).
How long has the name Kinue been used?
Kinue has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 15 years of data through 1929.
What names are similar to Kinue?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kinsley, Kinley, Kinsey, Kinslee, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1929 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.