Girls' name · since 1972
Kewana
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 171 babies named Kewana, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
171 girls have been named Kewana since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kewana has 171 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 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1998.
- #21,432 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 171 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kewana ranks #21,432 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 171 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kewana's 171 recorded births place it above 70.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kewana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kewana splits its recorded history at 1982: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kewana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1998
- Peak year (1980)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kewana by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (85 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Kewana's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kewana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
85 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 85 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Kewana's decade-level peak was the 1980s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kewana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1972–1998 (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 Kewana 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.