girls:
863 births since 1964
#4853 (15th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1977
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
868 births since 1964
#6871 (11th percentile)
The name Kanani is the #6,871 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 868 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 11.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,853 (15.1% percentile) for all time with 863 births since 1964. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1977.
Kanani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 1977 for boys). Birth data for Kanani is available in 54 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023 (54 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kanani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kanani reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #871) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kanani ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 77.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kanani reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #674) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1977.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kanani".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kanani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.8% confident that Kanani is pronounced as kuh-NAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-NAH-nee, at 22.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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