Girls' name · since 1972
Kiwanda
44 babies named Kiwanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kiwanda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 44 have been recorded since 1972.
Kiwanda has 44 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 1983.
- #36,460 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiwanda ranks #36,460 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #36,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kiwanda's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kiwanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kiwanda's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kiwanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1983
- Peak year (1977)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1983.
44 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 10 births in a single year.
Kiwanda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (37 births, 84% of the file).
1970s was Kiwanda's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Kiwanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 37 births (84% of all-time use).
Kiwanda decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Kiwanda's data
- Kiwanda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kiwanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1972–1983 (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 Kiwanda 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.
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