Kinya
Kin'ya or Kinya is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Kinya Abe , Japanese fencer Kinya Aikawa , Japanese actor and voice actor Kin'ya Kitaōji , Japanese actor Kinya Kotani , Japanese singer and actor Kinya Miyazaki , Japanese high jumper Kinya Takehara , Japanese footballer
Meaning & Origin of Kinya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kin'ya or Kinya is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Kinya Abe , Japanese fencer Kinya Aikawa , Japanese actor and voice actor Kin'ya Kitaōji , Japanese actor Kinya Kotani , Japanese singer and actor Kinya Miyazaki , Japanese high jumper Kinya Takehara , Japanese footballer
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The Story of Kinya
Kinya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1969, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1975, when 23 Kinyas were born — ranking #3,052 that year. As of 2026, Kinya ranks #14,962 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 343 Kinyas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kinya
Kinya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 343 births in the dataset. Kinya's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #3,052. Use the chart and map above to compare Kinya'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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