Kinnie

Boys' name

Handsome, through Kenny

Kinnie has been given to 164 babies in the U.S. since 1900. 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 1953, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Kinnie, 1964

1 in 777,000

Kinnie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kinnie: meaning, origin, and history

Handsome, through Kenny

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kinnie means

Kinnie belongs to the name family reached through Kinnie → Kenny → Kenneth. Its meaning is “handsome”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kinnie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kenny and Kenneth.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 159 boys were recorded with the name Kinnie between 1900 and 1964. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1953; its best national rank was #1,411 in 1900.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Kinnie between 1901 and 1901. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1901; its best national rank was #1,809 in 1901.

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 Kinnie?

Kinnie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1964, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1964: 1 in 777,000; 5 of 3,887,460 births
Among boys only: 1 in 399,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1964: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 538,918 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kinnie 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 1964 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 538,918 children born in 1964 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kinnie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kinnies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kinnie was born before 1943 — so the typical Kinnie is around 82 today.

Median birth year: 1943; About 82 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 30.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 54.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 65; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 30.2% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Kinnie 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: —; 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: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1953 (9)
Years since peak: 72; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,411; 1900

Spellings of Kinnie

Kinnie is not the most common spelling — Ronnie is, with 42.2% against Kinnie's 0.04%.

Ronnie42.2%182,926
Lonnie21.8%94,486
Donnie14.1%60,928
Bennie12.2%52,753
Dannie2.1%9,137
Connie1.6%6,957
Bonnie0.93%4,037
Dennie0.86%3,729

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.

Kinnie around the world

Where Kinnie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1984–2006
#6,380
in 2006

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Kinnie 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: #1,411; 1900
Peak year: 1953; 9 that year
First recorded: 1900
Last recorded: 1964
All-time count: 159
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,809; 1901
Peak year: 1901; 5 that year
First recorded: 1901
Last recorded: 1901
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kinnie

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

Kinston Kincade Kinsley Kinan Kingdom Kinser Kincaid Kinsey Kinnick Kingslee Kindred Kino Kinley Kinney Junie Kingson Kinneth Kingstin Sunnie Vonnie Kinte Kingsly Damonie Cornie

Sibling names for Kinnie

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

For a sister

Louann Nanci Randy Marita Jacalyn Oralia Luanne Romona

For a brother

Jacky Ike Val Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold Leigh

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