Unisex name · since 1972
Kiowa
Kiowa has 234 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,050 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,932 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 234
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
234 babies have been named Kiowa since 1972, making it today's #10932 unisex name.
Kiowa has 234 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10932 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #12,050 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,932 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 234 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiowa ranks #12,050 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,932 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 234 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,050 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,932 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 234
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kiowa's 234 recorded births place it above 73.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kiowa compares
234 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kiowa's all-time total is 37% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kiowa | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 234 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kiowa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kiowa splits its recorded history at 2008: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kiowa popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Kiowa popularity over time - girls
70 total births recorded since 1986 (Kiowa as girls' name)
Kiowa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (73 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Kiowa's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kiowa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 73 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Kiowa's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (73 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kiowa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Kiowa 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.