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Kinsey Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Kinsey?

The uncommon name Kinsey was the 1,583rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Kinsey, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

Position 835, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1998.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2011 with 313 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Kinsey was less than 5, most recently in 1975.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Kinsey occurred roughly during the years 1975-1981, 1984-1992, 2003-2006, and 2008-2011, whereas 2011-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Kinsey has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Kinsey popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

The popularity trend for Kinsey has been moving downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Kinsey lately has dropped.

The name Kinsey is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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   Kinsey (Girl)Kinsey (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 135 1,583 < 5 --
2017 137 1,591 < 5 --
2016 171 1,374 < 5 --
2015 173 1,367 5 13,123
2014 227 1,117 < 5 --
2013 241 1,032 < 5 --
2012 247 1,024 < 5 --
2011 313 842 6 11,630
2010 268 955 11 7,353
2009 250 1,042 9 8,701
2008 242 1,079 7 10,527
2007 285 956 7 10,393
2006 294 903 < 5 --
2005 250 980 6 10,858
2004 228 1,024 6 10,732
2003 234 988 < 5 --
2002 214 1,016 < 5 --
2001 265 862 6 9,981
2000 252 878 11 6,144
1999 242 884 < 5 --
1998 255 835 < 5 --
1997 181 1,054 6 8,767
1996 216 911 < 5 --
1995 197 954 5 9,659
1994 192 967 8 6,715
1993 188 985 10 5,592
1992 201 956 5 9,195
1991 170 1,066 5 8,961
1990 134 1,240 6 7,673
1989 92 1,545 10 5,012
1988 81 1,608 5 7,949
1987 82 1,551 9 4,766
1986 72 1,646 < 5 --
1985 66 1,736 7 5,473
1984 63 1,739 9 4,396
1983 69 1,619 10 4,023
1982 47 2,170 14 3,206
1981 65 1,742 12 3,519
1980 37 2,562 < 5 --
1979 37 2,503 5 6,580
1978 31 2,711 9 4,014
1977 11 5,681 6 5,515
1976 7 7,680 < 5 --
1975 < 5 -- 8 4,133
1974 < 5 -- < 5 --
1973 < 5 -- < 5 --
1972 < 5 -- < 5 --
1971 < 5 -- < 5 --
1970 < 5 -- 5 5,108
1969 < 5 -- < 5 --
1968 5 7,567 < 5 --
1967 < 5 -- < 5 --
1966 < 5 -- 5 4,256
1965 < 5 -- < 5 --
1964 < 5 -- < 5 --
1963 < 5 -- < 5 --
1962 < 5 -- < 5 --
1961 < 5 -- < 5 --
1960 < 5 -- < 5 --
1959 < 5 -- 5 4,302
1958 < 5 -- < 5 --
1957 < 5 -- < 5 --
1956 < 5 -- < 5 --
1955 < 5 -- 5 4,139
1954 < 5 -- < 5 --
1953 < 5 -- 7 3,271
1952 < 5 -- 7 3,244
1951 < 5 -- < 5 --
1950 < 5 -- < 5 --
1949 < 5 -- < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- < 5 --
1947 < 5 -- < 5 --
1946 < 5 -- 5 3,785
1945 < 5 -- < 5 --
1944 < 5 -- < 5 --
1943 < 5 -- < 5 --
1942 < 5 -- < 5 --
1941 < 5 -- < 5 --
1940 < 5 -- < 5 --
1939 < 5 -- < 5 --
1938 < 5 -- 5 3,796
1937 < 5 -- < 5 --
1936 < 5 -- < 5 --
1935 < 5 -- < 5 --
1934 < 5 -- 5 3,957
1933 < 5 -- < 5 --
1932 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1930 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1925 < 5 -- < 5 --
1924 < 5 -- 6 4,124
1923 < 5 -- 5 4,567
1922 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1920 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1918 < 5 -- 6 3,948
1917 < 5 -- 6 3,771
1916 < 5 -- < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.