Kwana — girls' name
157 babies named Kwana in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Kwana was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Kwana in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kwana
The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Kwana between 1970 and 1994, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kwana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kwana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kwana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kwana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kwana 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 157 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.
Kwana at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kwana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1970
- Peak year (1976)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
157 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 16 births in a single year.
Kwana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 96 births that decade — 61% of Kwana's all-time total
Kwana decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kwana's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Kwana by state
Where Kwana concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 157 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.2% 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, 1970–1994 (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.