Kanea — girls' name
6 babies named Kanea in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Kanea was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Kanea in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kanea
The Social Security Administration has registered 6 babies named Kanea between 1998 and 1998, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kanea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanea performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kanea 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 6 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.
Kanea at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kanea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1998
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
6 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 6 births in a single year.
Kanea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 6 births that decade — 100% of Kanea's all-time total
Kanea decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kanea's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1998–1998 (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.