Unisex name · since 1971
Kish
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Kish, peaking in 1971. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 15
- total births
- 1971–1977
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Kish sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 1971.
Kish has 15 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1971 to 1977.
- 15 total births
- 1971–1977 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kish's 15 recorded births place it above 30% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kish's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kish splits its recorded history at 1973: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births).
Kish popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1977
- Peak year (1971)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Kish popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1977 (Kish as boys' name)
Kish by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kish's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kish births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 1971–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kish: Baby Name Since 1971 - 15 Births, Peak 1971." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kish. 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 Kish 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.