Kanya
#9,677 most common girls' name of all time · #16,095 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1972–2023
Rank among girls
#9,677
Rank overall
#16,095 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
618
Since 2016
52
Peak year
2007 #3,567
Best rank
#3,567 2007
Girls
Boys
peak 46/yr
Kanya first appears in 1972. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,492 |
| 2022 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,511 |
| 2020 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,458 |
| 2019 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,627 |
| 2018 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,766 |
| 2017 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,021 |
| 2016 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,744 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,977 |
| 2014 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,207 |
| 2013 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,434 |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,508 |
| 2011 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,782 |
| 2010 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,393 |
| 2009 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,916 |
| 2008 | 28 | — | 28 | #5,194 |
| 2007 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,567 |
| 2006 | 31 | 5 | 36 | #4,636 |
| 2005 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,777 |
| 2004 | 24 | 20 | 44 | #5,272 |
| 2003 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,733 |
| 2002 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,346 |
| 2001 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,926 |
| 2000 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,892 |
| 1999 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,434 |
| 1998 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,890 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,199 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,331 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,986 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,958 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,901 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,797 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,747 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,197 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,421 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,534 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,138 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,925 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,336 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,827 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,809 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,272 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,161 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,344 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,130 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,727 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,595 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,177 |