Kiwane — boys' name
47 babies named Kiwane in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Kiwane was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Kiwane in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiwane
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Kiwane between 1994 and 1998, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kiwane currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiwane performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kiwane in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiwane 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 47 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.
Kiwane at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiwane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1994
- Peak year (1997)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
47 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 17 births in a single year.
Kiwane by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 47 births that decade — 100% of Kiwane's all-time total
Kiwane decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kiwane's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Kiwane by state
Where Kiwane concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 10 | 21.3% |
10 of 47 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 21.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 21.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1994–1998 (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.