Kanoe — #15790 US girls' name
91 babies named Kanoe in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Kanoe was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kanoe in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kanoe
The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Kanoe between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kanoe currently holds the #15790 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanoe performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kanoe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kanoe in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kanoe 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 91 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.
Kanoe at a glance
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Current rank
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Kanoe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (1983)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #15790 among girls.
91 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 9 births in a single year.
Kanoe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 35 births that decade — 38% of Kanoe's all-time total
Kanoe decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kanoe's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Kanoe by state
Where Kanoe concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 46 | 50.5% |
46 of 91 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 50.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 50.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1981–2024 (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.