Kanna — #8138 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kanna

The Social Security Administration has registered 264 babies named Kanna between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kanna currently holds the #8138 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kanna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kanna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kanna 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 264 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.