Kewanna — girls' name
256 babies named Kewanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
256 girls have been named Kewanna since 1971, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2001.
- 256
- total births
- 1971–2001
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Kewanna was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Kewanna in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kewanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 256 babies named Kewanna between 1971 and 2001, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kewanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kewanna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kewanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Kewanna in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kewanna 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 256 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.
Kewanna at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kewanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1971
- Peak year (1981)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
256 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 29 births in a single year.
Kewanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 126 births that decade — 49% of Kewanna's all-time total
Kewanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kewanna's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Kewanna by state
Where Kewanna concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 8 | 3.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 5 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 5 | 2.0% |
8 of 256 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.0% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.1% 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, 1971–2001 (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.