Kanwal — girls' name
40 babies named Kanwal in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Kanwal was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Kanwal in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kanwal
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Kanwal between 1991 and 1997, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kanwal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanwal performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kanwal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kanwal 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 40 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.
Kanwal at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kanwal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1991
- Peak year (1994)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
40 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 10 births in a single year.
Kanwal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 40 births that decade — 100% of Kanwal's all-time total
Kanwal decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kanwal's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Kanwal by state
Where Kanwal concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 12.5% |
5 of 40 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 12.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1991–1997 (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.