Girls' name · since 1973
Kinyatta
Kinyatta has 45 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 45
- total births
- 1973–1993
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
Kinyatta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 45 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kinyatta has been recorded 45 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1993.
- 45 total births
- 1973–1993 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 49% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kinyatta's 45 recorded births place it above 50% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kinyatta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kinyatta splits its recorded history at 1981: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kinyatta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1993
- Peak year (1985)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Kinyatta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kinyatta's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Kinyatta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 22 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Kinyatta's decade-level peak was the 1970s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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, 1973–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kinyatta: Baby Name Since 1973 - 45 Births, Peak 1985." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kinyatta. 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 Kinyatta 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.