Girls' name · since 1997
Kanaya
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 250 babies named Kanaya, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,883 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 250
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
250 babies have been named Kanaya since 1997, making it today's #13883 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanaya has been recorded 250 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #13883 nationally and more common than 20% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #17,591 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,883 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 250 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanaya ranks #17,591 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,883 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 250 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,883 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 250
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kanaya's 250 recorded births place it above 75.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Kanaya compares
250 41st 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
Kanaya's all-time total is 34% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kanaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 250 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kanaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kanaya's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kanaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kanaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (127 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Kanaya's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Kanaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
127 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 127 births (51% of all-time use).
Kanaya by state
Where Kanaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 250 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kanaya's data
- Kanaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Kanayas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kanaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Kanaya 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.