Kunta — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kunta

The Social Security Administration has registered 303 babies named Kunta between 1977 and 2000, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kunta currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 215 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kunta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 283 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kunta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Kunta in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kunta 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 303 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.