Girls' name · since 1942
Kitten
Kitten has 54 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1946 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1942
- 1960s
- peak decade
54 girls have been named Kitten since 1942, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kitten recorded 54 times among girls since 1942, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1969.
- #34,112 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1942
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kitten ranks #34,112 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1942, peaking in the 1960s.
- #34,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1942
- 1960s
- peak decade
Kitten's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kitten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kitten's SSA record in two at 1961 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1942, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1946 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kitten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1969
- Peak year (1946)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Kitten by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (27 births, 50% of the file).
1960s was Kitten's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kitten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1940s
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
15 births
- 1960s
1960s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 27 births (50% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kitten: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1942–1969 (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 Kitten 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.