Recorded 1994–2013 Boys' name Peak 2007 44 births

Kanard — boys' name

44 babies named Kanard in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s182000s152010s11
1990s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Kanard was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

9 babies were named Kanard in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kanard

The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Kanard between 1994 and 2013, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kanard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanard performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kanard shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kanard in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kanard 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 44 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.

Kanard at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

44

Since 1994

20 years of records

Peak year

2007

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1994

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2013

Kanard popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1994

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2007)
9
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
45678910 2013201020072006199719961994 6

Kanard by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
18 births that decade — 41% of Kanard's all-time total
1990s182000s152010s11

Kanard by state

Where Kanard concentrates geographically — total births since 1994

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kanard
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Florida
5 11.4%
Florida share of Kanard's total US births 11.4%

5 of 44 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kanard?
44 babies have been named Kanard since 1994. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2007 with 9 births.
When was Kanard most popular?
Kanard was most popular in the 1990s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
Where is Kanard most popular?
The top states for the name Kanard are Florida (5 births).
How long has the name Kanard been used?
Kanard has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 20 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Kanard?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kane, Kannon, Kanan, Kanon, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1994–2013 (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.