girls:
15 births since 1971
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1977
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
20 births since 1971
#7719 (0th percentile)
The name Kish is the #7,719 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 20 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1971. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1977.
Kish first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1977 for boys). Birth data for Kish is available in 3 out of the 7 years between 1971 and 1977 (3 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kish has been given predominantly to girls, with 75.0% of all recorded births being female. In 1977, 50.0% of babies named Kish were girls.
For girls, Kish reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #740) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1977.
For boys, Kish reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #674) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1977.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kish".
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