Girls' name · since 1973

Kiwanis

19 babies named Kiwanis in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

19
total births
1973–1983
years on record
1970s
peak decade
74%
born in that decade

Kiwanis sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 19 recorded since 1973.

Kiwanis has 19 recorded births among girls since 1973, 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 1973 to 1983.

  • 19 total births
  • 1973–1983 years on record
  • 1970s peak decade
  • 74% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kiwanis's 19 recorded births place it above 35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Kiwanis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Kiwanis's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1973 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Kiwanis popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1983

Last recorded 1983
Peak year (1973)
7
Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 197319791983 5

Kiwanis by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1970s was Kiwanis's strongest decade.

14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.

Kiwanis births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1970s at 14 births (74% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kiwanis?
Kiwanis has been given to 19 babies in the U.S. since 1973, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1983. 7 babies were born in 1973, its single highest year.
When was Kiwanis most popular?
Kiwanis was most popular in the 1970s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 1973.
How long has the name Kiwanis been used?
Kiwanis has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 11 years of data through 1983.
What names are similar to Kiwanis?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kiwana, Kiwanna, Kiwanda. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kiwanis's data

  • Kiwanis's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (14 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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, 1973–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Kiwanis: Baby Name Since 1973 - 19 Births, Peak 1973." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kiwanis. 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 Kiwanis 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.