Kinnick
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KIN-ik
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Kinnick is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Kinnick mean?
Surname, origin uncertain
A surname best known from American footballer Nile Kinnick, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1939.
Is Kinnick a girl's or a boy's name?
Kinnick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kinnick in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Kinnick, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Kinnick in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kinnick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
Names like Kinnick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Kyrie, Kyaire, Kayson, Kian, Kyson, Callan, Raiden, Ronan, Declan, Maverick, Kylan
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kinnick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kinnick, updated 20 October 2026.