Kinte
Last seen for girls in 1977 at #5,213 · Last seen for boys in 2003 at #9,581
Given to boys 94.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 104 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 213since 1976
Kinte over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
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| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
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| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,508 | 38 | |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #834 | 104 |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kinte! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1996, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Kinte
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Biggest jump: 4,753 spots in 1977 (#5,587 → #834)
- Biggest drop: 674 spots in 1978 (#834 → #1,508)
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 1977 at #834 (104 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1977
- Highest: 1 in 15,800 boys born in 1977 were named Kinte (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 329,225 boys born in 2003 (0.00%)
- 71.8% of all boys named Kinte (153) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 153 | #834 (1977) | #3,321 |
| 1980s | 25 | #3,615 (1980) | #4,526 |
| 1990s | 23 | #7,281 (1997) | #8,604 |
| 2000s | 12 | #9,112 (2000) | #9,347 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kinte in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 127,762 of them was named Kinte, which outranked 54.0% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,942Yasha13
- #4,942Yumiko13
- #4,942Zinnia13
- #5,213Kinte12
- #5,213Abril12
- #5,213Ainsley12
- #5,213Albertina12
- #5,532Abena11
- #5,532Adella11
- #5,532Ahisha11
Tied with 318 names at #5,213; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 15,800 of them was named Kinte, which outranked 87.8% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #830Eliseo105
- #830Lashawn105
- #830Torrance105
- #834Kinte104
- #834Brice104
- #834Edwardo104
- #834Elbert104
- #843Billie103
- #843Coy103
- #843Daron103
Tied with 8 names at #834; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.