Cana — #5465 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cana

The Social Security Administration has registered 655 babies named Cana between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cana currently holds the #5465 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 189 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Cana in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 655 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.