How Many People Are Named Kanaya?
An estimated 241 people in the United States have the first name Kanaya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Kanaya peaked in popularity in 2005 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kanaya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kanaya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
241
About 1 in 1,422,217 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2005
18 births
Total Registered
244
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kanaya
Kanaya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 244 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kanaya as a female name
Ranked #11,674 in 2023
8 female births in 2023
Peak: 2005 (18 births)
Kanaya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kanaya span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 127 babies were registered. Kanaya has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kanaya by Decade
How has Kanaya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kanaya by State
Kanaya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kanaya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kanaya
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kanaya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kanaya?
We estimate approximately 241 people named Kanaya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,422,217 Americans share this first name.
Is Kanaya a common name?
Kanaya is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 244 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kanaya most popular?
Kanaya reached peak popularity in 2005, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kanaya is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kanaya a female name?
Kanaya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kanaya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kanaya Smith, Kanaya Johnson, Kanaya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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