Girls' name · since 1947
Kanda
Kanda has 177 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,070 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
177 girls have been named Kanda since 1947, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kanda has 177 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2002.
- #21,070 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 177 born since 1947
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanda ranks #21,070 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 177 born since 1947, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,070 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
Kanda's 177 recorded births place it above 70.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kanda's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1948, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2002
- Peak year (1970)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Kanda by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (57 births, 32% of the file).
1960s was Kanda's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Kanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s
1960s
57 births
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 57 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Kanda's decade-level peak was the 1960s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1947–2002 (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 Kanda 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.