Kinte
The Story of Kinte
As a girl name
American parents first put Kinte on the record books as a girl name in 1977, with 12 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1977, when 12 Kintes were born — ranking #5,212 that year. Kinte last appeared in the published SSA data in 1977, with 12 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Kinte first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1976, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1977: 104 births, good for #834 nationwide. About 72% of every Kinte on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Kinte last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 213 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Kinte
Kinte is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 213 births in the dataset. Kinte's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #834. Use the chart and map above to compare Kinte'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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