Kismet
Kismet is a name with a single cultural origin: Turkish.
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Kismet
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kismet is a name with a single cultural origin: Turkish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Kismet
American parents first put Kismet on the record books as a baby girl name in 1955, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1973, when 13 Kismets were born — ranking #4,362 that year. About 35% of every Kismet on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Kismet last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 186 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kismet
Kismet is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1955 and has accumulated 186 births in the dataset. Kismet's peak popularity came in 1973 when it ranked #4,362. Use the chart and map above to compare Kismet'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.