Kwanita — girls' name
38 babies named Kwanita in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Kwanita was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Kwanita in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kwanita
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Kwanita between 1977 and 1996, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kwanita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kwanita performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kwanita shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kwanita 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 38 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.
Kwanita at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kwanita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1977
- Peak year (1977)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
38 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 10 births in a single year.
Kwanita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 21 births that decade — 55% of Kwanita's all-time total
Kwanita decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kwanita's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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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, 1977–1996 (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.