Kunio — boys' name
91 babies named Kunio in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Kunio was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Kunio in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kunio
The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Kunio between 1917 and 1940, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kunio currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kunio performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kunio shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kunio in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kunio 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 91 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.
Kunio at a glance
Last recorded 1940Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kunio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1917
- Peak year (1924)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1940.
91 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 10 births in a single year.
Kunio by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 61 births that decade — 67% of Kunio's all-time total
Kunio decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Kunio's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Kunio by state
Where Kunio concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 29 | 31.9% |
29 of 91 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 31.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 31.9% 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, 1917–1940 (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.