Boys' name · since 1966
Kynan
370 babies named Kynan in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 370
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kynan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 370 recorded since 1966.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kynan has been recorded 370 times among boys since 1966, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2020.
- #9,464 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 370 born since 1966
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kynan ranks #9,464 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 370 born since 1966, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 370
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kynan's 370 recorded births place it above 79.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kynan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kynan splits its recorded history at 1997: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kynan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2020
- Peak year (2012)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Kynan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (116 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Kynan's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kynan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
62 births
- 1980s 43
1980s
43 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s
2000s
116 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 116 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Kynan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kynan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1966–2020 (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 Kynan 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.