girls:
227 births since 1971
#5489 (4th percentile)
boys:
42 births since 1972
#4544 (1st percentile)
overall:
269 births since 1971
#7470 (3rd percentile)
The name Kwanza is the #7,470 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 269 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 3.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,489 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 227 births since 1971. For boys, it ranks #4,544 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 42 births since 1972.
Kwanza first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Kwanza is available in 22 out of the 29 years between 1971 and 1999 (22 years for girls and 6 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 Kwanza has been given predominantly to girls, with 84.4% of all recorded births being female. In 1999, 100.0% of babies named Kwanza were girls.
For girls, Kwanza reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #732) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.
For boys, Kwanza reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #672) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kwanza".
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