Girls' name · since 1972
Kiska
Kiska has 14 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 14
- total births
- 1972–1974
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Kiska is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 14 have been recorded since 1972.
Social Security Administration records show Kiska recorded 14 times among girls since 1972, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1974.
- 14 total births
- 1972–1974 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kiska's 14 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.
Kiska's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kiska splits its recorded history at 1974: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kiska popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1974
- Peak year (1972)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Kiska by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kiska's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kiska births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 14 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, 1972–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kiska: Baby Name Since 1972 - 14 Births, Peak 1972." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kiska. 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 Kiska 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.