Kin
- Last seen for girls in 1982 at #9,237
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Given to boys 97.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 271since 1935
Kin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kin has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
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| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
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| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
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| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
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| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
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| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1935
The first year at least five boys were named Kin! It came in at #3,645, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1935–1951, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1956 at #2,969 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 182,580
- Highest: 1 in 182,580 boys born in 1977 were named Kin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,969 in 1956, was only 1 in 264,413 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 25.1% of all boys named Kin (68) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 10 | #3,480 (1939) | #3,563 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 36 | #2,969 (1956) | #3,514 |
| 1960s | 35 | #3,249 (1966) | #3,691 |
| 1970s | 34 | #3,836 (1977) | #4,475 |
| 1980s | 68 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,078 |
| 1990s | 38 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,669 |
| 2000s | 15 | #10,667 (2002) | #11,842 |
| 2010s | 16 | #10,744 (2016) | #11,759 |
| 2020s | 19 | #8,825 (2021) | #10,556 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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