Girls' name · since 1977
Kwanita
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.
- #38,208 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
38 girls have been named Kwanita since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kwanita has 38 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1996.
- #38,208 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 38 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kwanita ranks #38,208 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #38,208 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kwanita's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kwanita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kwanita splits its recorded history at 1992: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kwanita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1996
- Peak year (1977)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Kwanita by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (21 births, 55% of the file).
1990s was Kwanita's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Kwanita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 21 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kwanita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1977–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Kwanita 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 August 2026.