Kiwana — girls' name
260 babies named Kiwana in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Kiwana was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Kiwana in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiwana
The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Kiwana between 1970 and 1998, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiwana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiwana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kiwana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiwana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 260 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kiwana at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiwana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1970
- Peak year (1978)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
260 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 24 births in a single year.
Kiwana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 134 births that decade — 52% of Kiwana's all-time total
Kiwana decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kiwana's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.