Kanoa

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Peak · boys
#2,579
2010 · 47 births
Debut · boys
1971
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
867
since 1971

Kanoa over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kanoa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,579, 2010boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#4,39623
2024#15,2935#4,07226
2023—#2,89543
2022—#4,57022
2021#13,4646#3,49732
2020—#4,85519
2019—#4,33723
2018—#4,47622
2017—#3,78128
2016—#3,59630
2015—#4,71120
2014—#3,61729
2013—#3,96425
2012—#3,45031
2011—#2,66345
2010—#2,57947
2009—#3,33233
2008—#3,00539
2007—#2,81142
2006—#4,67519
2005—#3,09133
2004—#3,86023
2003—#3,28028
2002—#4,18819
2001—#6,01311
2000—#3,76421
1999—#4,16217
1998—#4,19716
1997—#3,87717
1996—#6,4968
1995—#5,50110
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1993—#6,8167
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1991—#6,5197
1990—#8,1175
1989—#7,9055
1988—#6,4266
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1982—#4,5938
1981—#4,9617
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Kanoa! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Kanoa is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,998 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,068 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Kanoa, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068

Best ever in a state: #84 in Hawaii, 2010.

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See more about Kanoa
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 324 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #4,396)
  • 459 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #4,396)
  • 315 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #4,396)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2010 at #2,579 (47 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 5 yrs 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 39,781
  • Highest: 1 in 39,781 boys born in 2023 were named Kanoa (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,579 in 2010, was only 1 in 40,823 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 34.6% of all boys named Kanoa (300) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s21#3,963 (1971)#4,251
1980s26#4,593 (1982)#5,971
1990s87#3,877 (1997)#5,711
2000s268#2,811 (2007)#3,802
2010s300#2,579 (2010)#3,717
2020s165#2,895 (2023)#4,048

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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