Girls' name · since 1981
Kania
Kania has 613 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,414 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 613
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kania is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 613 have been recorded since 1981.
Kania has 613 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2024.
- #10,414 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 613 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kania ranks #10,414 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 613 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,414 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 613
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kania's 613 recorded births place it above 85.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Kania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kania's full recorded timeline at 2004, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 49 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2024
- Peak year (2000)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Kania by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (351 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Kania's strongest decade.
351 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Kania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 38
1980s
38 births
- 1990s 119
1990s
119 births
- 2000s
2000s
351 births
- 2010s 87
2010s
87 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 351 births (57% of all-time use).
How Kania compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kania's total volume
Kania by state
Where Kania concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
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What to do with Kania's data
- Kania's decade-level peak was the 2000s (351 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Kanias (13 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 Kania: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1981–2024 (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 Kania 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.