Kanav

Popularity Trends

The name Kanav is the #7,587 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 152 recorded births since 2006. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,434 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 152 births since 2006.

Kanav first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2006 (first recorded for boys in 2006). Birth data for Kanav is available in 16 out of the 18 years between 2006 and 2023. 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.

For boys, Kanav reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #890) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kanav ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 66.5% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kanav".

2006 2023 20062023

Key Statistics

Total Births

152

Peak Births

Peak Year

2012

First Recorded

2006

Peak Percentile

1.1%

Current Percentile

0.4%

Peak Rank

#890

Current Rank

#907

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kanav", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Kanav.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Kanav's popularity from 2003 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Kanav at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Kanav range from Jaziyah at 93.7% correlation to Zaydin at 92.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 93.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Aanya with 3.5K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Yaasir with 118 births (100% boys).

Kanav's share of births peaked at 7.4 births per million for boys in 2012. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (31% of peak) in 2006. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Kanav had 4.9 births per million, 66% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Jaziyah

1,059

93.69% (very strong)

Aanya

3,474

93.57% (very strong)

Khylei

162

93.43% (very strong)

Paxson

420

93.42% (very strong)

Raedyn

426

93.37% (very strong)

Sanyla

204

93.37% (very strong)

Zaeden

485

93.32% (very strong)

Aolanis

351

93.18% (very strong)

Yaasir

118

93.05% (very strong)

Rylon

335

92.87% (very strong)

Lyriq

915

92.78% (very strong)

Zaydin

562

92.69% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Kanav

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Kanav. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 35.5% confident that Kanav is pronounced as kuh-NAV, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-NAHV, at 29.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.

35.5%

29.0%

19.4%

9.7%

6.5%

kuh-NAV (2 syllables)

35.5% confidence

K AH0 N AE1 V

kuh-NAHV (2 syllables)

29.0% confidence

K AH0 N AA1 V

KAH-nahv (2 syllables)

19.4% confidence

K AA1 N AA0 V

kuh-NUHV (2 syllables)

9.7% confidence

K AH0 N AH1 V

KAH-nuhv (2 syllables)

6.5% confidence

K AA1 N AH0 V

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Kanav? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Kanav. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Kanav, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K AH0 N AE1 V) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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