Girls' name · since 2020
Kanak
10 babies named Kanak in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #55,611 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,775 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
10 babies have been named Kanak since 2020, making it today's #16775 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanak has been recorded 10 times among girls since 2020, currently ranked #16775 nationally and more common than 3% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- #55,611 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,775 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanak ranks #55,611 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,775 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #55,611 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,775 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kanak's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kanak compares
10 3rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kanak's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kanak | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kanak's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kanak's full recorded timeline at 2025, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births.
Kanak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Kanak by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Kanak's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kanak births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kanak: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2020–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kanak draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.