Kanai**
#6,726 most common boys' name of all time · #16,840 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1999–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,726
Rank overall
#16,840 of 105,966
First appeared
1999
Years on the list
25 of 146
All-time
575
Since 2016
320
Peak year
2025 #3,223
Best rank
#3,223 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 50/yr
Kanai first appears in 1999. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 37 | 50 | #3,223 |
| 2024 | 8 | 26 | 34 | #4,170 |
| 2023 | 9 | 30 | 39 | #3,782 |
| 2022 | 14 | 29 | 43 | #3,855 |
| 2021 | 17 | 24 | 41 | #4,327 |
| 2020 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #5,894 |
| 2019 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #4,915 |
| 2018 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,481 |
| 2017 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #5,988 |
| 2016 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #6,621 |
| 2015 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #5,241 |
| 2014 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #5,207 |
| 2013 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #6,164 |
| 2012 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #4,373 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #6,514 |
| 2010 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #11,631 |
| 2009 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #6,731 |
| 2008 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #6,332 |
| 2007 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #8,060 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #6,849 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,041 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,064 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,504 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,712 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,437 |