Kani
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Given to boys 71.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2006 · 46 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 652since 1993
Kani over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | #4,303 | 24 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #4,094 | 25 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #3,885 | 26 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #3,633 | 29 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #3,399 | 32 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #3,421 | 32 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #4,243 | 23 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #2,578 | 46 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #2,960 | 35 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #3,158 | 31 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #3,443 | 26 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #3,591 | 21 |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
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| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1993
The first year at least five boys were named Kani! It came in at #6,816, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kani is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kani in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 899 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #6,803)
- 1,762 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #6,803)
- 1,514 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 2006 at #2,578 (46 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 44,680
- Highest: 1 in 44,680 boys born in 2006 were named Kani (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 45.1% of all boys named Kani (294) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76 | #3,591 (1999) | #5,163 |
| 2000s | 294 | #2,578 (2006) | #3,426 |
| 2010s | 183 | #3,633 (2010) | #5,352 |
| 2020s | 99 | #4,303 (2022) | #5,676 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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