Kinte

Boy · recorded 1976–2003

  • 2003last recorded
  • 1977best year

Most popular in 1977.

Last recorded in 2003. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kinte.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1976

0326319761983199019962003

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 13 recorded years as a table
Kinte, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19763
197763
197823
19793
19806
19814
19824
19943
19974
19983
19993
20003
20033

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kinte isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2003
6
Rank in 2003
#9,581
How rare
1 in 329,224 boys
Since 1976
213

Kinte was last recorded in 2003. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1977, at 63 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kinte doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.