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Kindred

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From English kindred; literal meaning unconfirmed

Kindred has been given to 297 babies in the U.S. since 1996. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2005, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 53% boys, 47% girls all-time.

Babies named Kindred, 2024

1 in 334,000

Kindred over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kindred over time

In 2025, Kindred went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19962025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kindred: meaning, origin, and history

From English kindred; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kindred means

Kindred is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kindred is used in Cebuano.

Kindred comes through English kindred.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 157 boys were recorded with the name Kindred between 1996 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2005; its best national rank was #7,227 in 2001.

In the United States, 140 girls were recorded with the name Kindred between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2024; its best national rank was #9,194 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,634 in 2020 to #16,181 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #15,513 in 2015 to #16,181 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kindred?

Kindred had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 334,000
10 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 172,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
231,706 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kindred sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 231,706 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kindred. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kindreds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kindred was born before 2012 — so the typical Kindred is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
35.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
157
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 35.7% of all recorded uses (56).

Is Kindred rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2005 (10)
Years since peak
20
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,227
2001

Spellings of Kindred

Kindred is not the most common spelling — Winfred is, with 85.3% against Kindred's 1.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kindred by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,227
2001
Peak year
2005
10 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
157
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,181
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,547
Best rank ever
#9,194
1996
Peak year
2024
11 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
140
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Kindred

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Kindred

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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