Boys' name · since 1979
Kinyon
Kinyon has 15 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,465 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
15 boys have been named Kinyon since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kinyon has been recorded 15 times among boys since 1979, 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 1979 to 2009.
- #31,465 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kinyon ranks #31,465 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,465 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kinyon's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kinyon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kinyon's full recorded timeline at 2000, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births.
Kinyon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2009
- Peak year (1979)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Kinyon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
2000s was Kinyon's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Kinyon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kinyon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1979–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Kinyon 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 August 2026.