Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kinnick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 511
- 506 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,616 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −67%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,616 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 49 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 450 as a first name in 2020; 567 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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