Kinza
Feminine · “treasure”
Kinza is the Arabic word for a treasure — something hidden and stored, from a root about burying valuables.
How old is the name Kinza?
Kinza first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Kinza is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Kinza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kinza most popular?
Kinza peaked in 2022, reaching #3653 nationally. Today it ranks #4460, 807 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
From kanz to Kinza
The story of Kinza
Kanz names buried treasure specifically, and Arabic legal and religious writing has a good deal to say about it — the Qur'an warns against hoarding gold and silver, using this root. The word traveled into Persian and Urdu. Kinza is used chiefly in Pakistan and reaches American and British records with Pakistani families, where it has been well used since the 1990s.
Meaning
treasure, hoard
From Arabic kanz, a treasure or buried hoard, with a feminine ending; the root is about storing away, and the Qur'an uses the word for hidden wealth. Persian and Urdu took the same word.
How the name formed
- kanz
- Kinza
Related forms: Kanza · Kinza · Ganj
Pronouncing Kinza
KIN-zah
Two syllables, first stressed. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Kinza
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1990
- Most girls named
- 202242 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3653reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- +6.9%31 in 2025, from 29
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kinza in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kanza in Arabic — spelling variant
- Kinza in Urdu — same name
- Ganj in Persian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Kinzas among us
people named Kinza are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 51,847 born in 2025 was named Kinza
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Mikiyah test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kinza's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mikiyah climbed just as high around 2007, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mikiyah's path sketches the road Kinza is walking now.
Kinza sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kinza is headed
Kinza should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kinza beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kinza in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that is concrete and easy to explain.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Kinza, Kanza and Kinsa are all in use and none is dominant in English.
- It is close to Kenzie and Kinsley in an American ear.
- It is unfamiliar outside South Asian communities in America.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kinzas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Kinza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kinza in 2025?
- Kinza ranks #4460 among US girl names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kinza?
- About 1 in every 51,847 US girls born in 2025 was named Kinza — 31 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kinza with classmates?
- Kinza will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kinza
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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