Kanai
Kanai was the 3213th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 37 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,961 places. More babies were named Kanai in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,213 boys, up 2,623 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 37boys
- Girls and boys
- 29% girls, 71% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202537 babies
- Total since 1880
- 575babies recorded
Kanai popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,095 | #3,213 | 13 | 37 |
| 2020 | #10,678 | #5,836 | 9 | 15 |
| 2010 | #11,736 | #11,477 | 9 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | #11,302 | — | 5 |
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How popular is Kanai, counting every spelling?
Kanai has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kanai?
37 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kanai (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kanai born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 226 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kanai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kanai?
About 400 people born in the US named Kanai are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 15. That makes Kanai a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kanai by state
How common Kanai was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Kanai
How popular is the name Kanai?
Kanai was the 3213th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 37 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,961 places. More babies were named Kanai in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kanai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 29% girls, 71% boys given the name Kanai in the US.
Where is Kanai most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kanai was most common in Hawaii (0.77 per 1,000 boys).