Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kanani

#7,574 most common girls' name of all time · #12,702 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1964–2025

Rank among girls
#7,574
Rank overall
#12,702 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
900
Since 2016
145
Peak year
2000 #4,016
Best rank
#3,495 1982
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
198020002020

Kanani first appears in 1964. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 13 — 13 #8,002
2024 19 — 19 #6,238
2023 21 — 21 #5,809
2022 19 — 19 #6,296
2021 10 — 10 #9,751
2020 13 — 13 #8,086
2019 12 — 12 #8,728
2018 13 — 13 #8,261
2017 13 — 13 #8,419
2016 12 — 12 #9,013
2015 19 — 19 #6,528
2014 16 — 16 #7,388
2013 12 — 12 #9,153
2012 19 — 19 #6,665
2011 25 — 25 #5,425
2010 17 — 17 #7,301
2009 21 — 21 #6,387
2008 13 — 13 #9,079
2007 21 — 21 #6,391
2006 18 — 18 #6,918
2005 24 — 24 #5,323
2004 15 — 15 #7,519
2003 20 — 20 #5,874
2002 23 — 23 #5,129
2001 19 — 19 #5,904
2000 31 — 31 #4,016
1999 20 — 20 #5,287
1998 28 — 28 #4,069
1997 27 — 27 #4,057
1996 25 — 25 #4,243
1995 24 — 24 #4,284
1994 17 — 17 #5,554
1993 16 — 16 #5,802
1992 21 — 21 #4,765
1991 11 — 11 #7,619
1990 13 — 13 #6,602
1989 8 — 8 #9,098
1988 18 — 18 #4,761
1987 12 — 12 #6,113
1986 13 — 13 #5,608
1985 17 — 17 #4,560
1984 16 — 16 #4,622
1983 12 — 12 #5,673
1982 24 — 24 #3,495
1981 18 — 18 #4,268
1980 14 — 14 #5,128
1979 10 — 10 #6,484
1978 10 — 10 #6,230
1977 14 5 19 #4,846
1976 9 — 9 #6,379
1975 10 — 10 #5,818
1974 8 — 8 #6,638
1973 6 — 6 #7,969
1972 6 — 6 #7,880
1971 5 — 5 #9,043
1964 5 — 5 #7,705