Girls' name · since 1972
Kanya
Kanya has 593 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,640 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 593
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
593 girls have been named Kanya since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kanya has 593 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 2023.
- #10,640 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 593 born since 1972
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanya ranks #10,640 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 593 born since 1972, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,640 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 593
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kanya's 593 recorded births place it above 85.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Kanya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kanya splits its recorded history at 1999: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 46 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kanya popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2023
- Peak year (2007)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Kanya popularity over time - boys
25 total births recorded since 2004 (Kanya as boys' name)
Kanya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (286 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Kanya's strongest decade.
286 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kanya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 78
1970s
78 births
- 1980s 45
1980s
45 births
- 1990s 74
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
286 births
- 2010s 86
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 286 births (48% of all-time use).
How Kanya 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 Kanya's total volume
Kanya by state
Where Kanya concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 8 | 1.3% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.8% |
8 of 593 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Kanya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (286 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Kanyas (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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 Kanya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1972–2023 (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 Kanya 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.