Kiowa**
#9,542 most common boys' name of all time · #24,148 across all names · 77% male / 23% female · used 1972–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,542
Rank overall
#24,148 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
304
Since 2016
64
Peak year
1995 #3,633
Best rank
#3,633 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Kiowa first appears in 1972. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,966 |
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,700 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,129 |
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,190 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,088 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,932 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,553 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,770 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,963 |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2015 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #8,244 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,308 |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #9,026 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,953 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,170 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,153 |
| 2008 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #10,160 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,500 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,492 |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #11,797 |
| 2003 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #11,357 |
| 2002 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #8,737 |
| 2001 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1999 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #6,723 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,103 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,517 |
| 1996 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,017 |
| 1995 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,633 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,485 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,378 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,528 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,836 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,955 |