Kinan
Kanan is a village in Bajgan Rural District, Aseminun District, Manujan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 89 in 21 families.
Meaning & Origin of Kinan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kanan is a village in Bajgan Rural District, Aseminun District, Manujan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 89 in 21 families.
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The Story of Kinan
Kinan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1997, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 33 Kinans were born — ranking #3,463 that year. As of 2026, Kinan ranks #4,496 for baby boys with 23 births, gradually rising (+7%). In total, more than 386 Kinans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kinan
Kinan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 386 births in the dataset. Kinan's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #3,415. Use the chart and map above to compare Kinan'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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