Kanani
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,845
- Given to girls 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 895since 1964
Kanani over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kanani has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,983 | 31 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1964
The first year at least five girls were named Kanani! It came in at #6,767, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kanani is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kanani in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kanani
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,718 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #7,885)
- 84 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #7,885)
- 1,433 spots since 2015 (#6,452 → #7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1982 at #3,418 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 58,582
- Highest: 1 in 58,582 girls born in 2000 were named Kanani (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,418 in 1982, was only 1 in 70,555 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 22.9% of all girls named Kanani (205) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,767 (1964) | #6,767 |
| 1970s | 78 | #4,652 (1977) | #6,408 |
| 1980s | 152 | #3,418 (1982) | #5,174 |
| 1990s | 202 | #4,007 (1997) | #5,135 |
| 2000s | 205 | #3,983 (2000) | #6,179 |
| 2010s | 158 | #5,358 (2011) | #7,586 |
| 2020s | 95 | #5,752 (2023) | #7,261 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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