Recorded 1997–2006 Girls' name Peak 2006 17 births

Kanah — girls' name

17 babies named Kanah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s102000s7
1990s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Kanah was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

7 babies were named Kanah in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kanah

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Kanah between 1997 and 2006, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kanah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kanah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kanah 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 17 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.

Kanah at a glance

Last recorded 2006

Total births

17

Since 1997

10 years of records

Peak year

2006

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2006

Active since

1997

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 2006

Kanah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1997

Last recorded 2006
Peak year (2006)
7
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 200619991997 5

Kanah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
10 births that decade — 59% of Kanah's all-time total
1990s102000s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kanah?
17 babies have been named Kanah since 1997. It was last recorded in 2006. The peak year was 2006 with 7 births.
When was Kanah most popular?
Kanah was most popular in the 1990s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Kanah been used?
Kanah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 10 years of data through 2006.
What names are similar to Kanah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kandice, Kandace, Kandi, Kandy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.