Kani**
#5,085 most common boys' name of all time · #12,575 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1993–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,085
Rank overall
#12,575 of 105,966
First appeared
1993
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
914
Since 2016
258
Peak year
2006 #2,618
Best rank
#2,618 2006
Girls
Boys
peak 57/yr
Kani first appears in 1993. 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 | 12 | 25 | #6,987 |
| 2024 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #6,056 |
| 2023 | — | 12 | 12 | #7,109 |
| 2022 | 18 | 24 | 42 | #4,403 |
| 2021 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #5,244 |
| 2020 | 16 | 18 | 34 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #5,267 |
| 2018 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #4,177 |
| 2017 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #8,503 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #6,233 |
| 2015 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #5,440 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #6,192 |
| 2013 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #6,451 |
| 2012 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #5,179 |
| 2011 | 8 | 26 | 34 | #3,960 |
| 2010 | 14 | 29 | 43 | #3,687 |
| 2009 | 7 | 32 | 39 | #3,453 |
| 2008 | 11 | 32 | 43 | #3,472 |
| 2007 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #4,345 |
| 2006 | 11 | 46 | 57 | #2,618 |
| 2005 | 7 | 35 | 42 | #3,016 |
| 2004 | 12 | 31 | 43 | #3,209 |
| 2003 | 10 | 26 | 36 | #3,514 |
| 2002 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #4,666 |
| 2001 | 9 | 25 | 34 | #3,500 |
| 2000 | 7 | 27 | 34 | #3,215 |
| 1999 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #3,695 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,751 |
| 1997 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #4,047 |
| 1996 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #5,168 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,902 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,605 |