Kiffin
Kiffin is a name and may refer to:Chris Kiffin, American football coach Irv Kiffin, American basketball player Lane Kiffin, American football coach Monte Kiffin (1940–2024), American football coach William Kiffin (1616–1701), English Baptist minister
Meaning & Origin of Kiffin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kiffin is a name and may refer to:Chris Kiffin, American football coach Irv Kiffin, American basketball player Lane Kiffin, American football coach Monte Kiffin (1940–2024), American football coach William Kiffin (1616–1701), English Baptist minister
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The Story of Kiffin
Kiffin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1978, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1978: 5 births, good for #9,750 nationwide. Kiffin last appeared in the published SSA data in 1978, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Kiffin
Phonetically similar names — useful when Kiffin is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Kiffen
- Coffin
- Giffin
- Cuffing
- Coffein
- Coffeen
- Kaufen
- Caffeine
- Coughing
- Caffiene
- Coffing
- Caffein
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Kiffin
Kiffin is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Kiffin's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #9,750. Use the chart and map above to compare Kiffin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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