Kinte

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Peak · boys
1977 · 104 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
213
since 1976

Kinte over time

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#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #834, 1977girlsat peakboys
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2003—#9,5816
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2000—#9,1126
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1979—#5,3556
1978—#1,50838
1977#5,21312#834104
1976—#5,5875
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five boys were named Kinte! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1983–1996, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kinte is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Kinte in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kinte
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
  • Biggest jump: 4,753 spots in 1977
  • Biggest drop: 674 spots in 1978
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 1977 at #834 (104 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,800
  • Highest: 1 in 15,800 boys born in 1977 were named Kinte (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 329,225 boys born in 2003 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 71.8% of all boys named Kinte (153) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s153#834 (1977)#3,321
1980s25#3,615 (1980)#4,526
1990s23#7,281 (1997)#8,604
2000s12#9,112 (2000)#9,347

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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