Girls' name · since 1979
Kayanna
1,140 babies named Kayanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,850 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,027 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,140
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kayanna currently ranks #5027 among girls' names in America, with 1,140 babies recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Kayanna recorded 1,140 times among girls since 1979, holding rank #5027 nationally today, ahead of 71% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #6,850 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,027 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,140 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayanna ranks #6,850 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,027 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,140 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,850 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,027 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,140
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kayanna's 1,140 recorded births place it above 90.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Kayanna compares
1,140 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kayanna's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kayanna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,140 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kayanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kayanna splits its recorded history at 2005: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 54 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kayanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Kayanna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (418 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Kayanna's strongest decade.
418 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Kayanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s
1990s
248 births
- 2000s
2000s
418 births
- 2010s
2010s
303 births
- 2020s 133
2020s
133 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 418 births (37% of all-time use).
How Kayanna 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 Kayanna's total volume
Kayanna by state
Where Kayanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 34 | 3.0% |
| #2 | California | | 12 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
34 of 1,140 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Kayanna's data
- Kayanna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (418 total births); usage has since declined to 133 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Kayannas (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kayanna: 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 (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Kayanna 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.