Recorded 1973–1983 Girls' name Peak 1973 19 births

Kiwanis — girls' name

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.

1970s141980s5
1970s
Peak decade

74% of everyone ever named Kiwanis was born in this single decade.

1973
Single peak year

7 babies were named Kiwanis in 1973 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kiwanis

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Kiwanis between 1973 and 1983, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiwanis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiwanis performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kiwanis shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kiwanis 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 19 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.

Kiwanis at a glance

Last recorded 1983

Total births

19

Since 1973

11 years of records

Peak year

1973

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1983

Active since

1973

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 1983

Kiwanis popularity over time

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

Last recorded 1983
Peak year (1973)
7
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 198319791973 7

Kiwanis by decade

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

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
14 births that decade — 74% of Kiwanis's all-time total
1970s141980s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kiwanis?
19 babies have been named Kiwanis since 1973. It was last recorded in 1983. The peak year was 1973 with 7 births.
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.

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, 1973–1983 (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.