Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kin

#10,052 most common boys' name of all time · #25,391 across all names · 98% boys / 2% girls · used 1935–2023

Rank among boys
#10,052
Rank overall
#25,391 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
277
Since 2016
30
Peak year
1982 #4,745
Best rank
#3,168 1956
📖The word “kin” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
19401960198020002020

Kin first appears in 1935. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 — 5 5 #12,505
2021 — 8 8 #8,957
2020 — 6 6 #10,809
2017 — 5 5 #12,497
2016 — 6 6 #10,946
2011 — 5 5 #12,542
2009 — 5 5 #12,781
2007 — 5 5 #12,642
2002 — 5 5 #10,923
1998 — 5 5 #9,917
1997 — 5 5 #9,525
1996 — 7 7 #7,315
1993 — 6 6 #7,888
1991 — 7 7 #6,708
1990 — 8 8 #5,993
1989 — 10 10 #4,919
1988 — 8 8 #5,391
1987 — 7 7 #5,653
1986 — 5 5 #7,063
1984 — 8 8 #4,703
1983 — 7 7 #5,087
1982 6 8 14 #4,745
1981 — 7 7 #5,169
1980 — 8 8 #4,664
1977 — 9 9 #3,971
1976 — 5 5 #5,904
1975 — 6 6 #5,068
1974 — 7 7 #4,393
1971 — 7 7 #4,185
1967 — 5 5 #4,308
1966 — 7 7 #3,442
1965 — 6 6 #3,767
1964 — 7 7 #3,504
1963 — 5 5 #4,423
1961 — 5 5 #4,440
1959 — 5 5 #4,396
1957 — 6 6 #3,877
1956 — 8 8 #3,168
1953 — 5 5 #4,219
1952 — 7 7 #3,325
1950 — 5 5 #4,090
1939 — 5 5 #3,942
1935 — 5 5 #4,131