Girls' name · since 1971
Kanita
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 204 babies named Kanita, peaking in 1977. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,604 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 204
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kanita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 204 recorded since 1971.
Kanita has 204 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1995.
- #19,604 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 204 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanita ranks #19,604 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 204 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,604 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 204
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kanita's 204 recorded births place it above 72.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kanita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kanita's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kanita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1995
- Peak year (1977)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kanita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (92 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Kanita's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Kanita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s
1980s
92 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 92 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Kanita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (92 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 1990s -- 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 Kanita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1971–1995 (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 Kanita 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.