girls:
1.1k births since 1978
#4661 (18th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1978
#6684 (14th percentile)
The name Kayana is the #6,684 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,055 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 13.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,661 (18.4% percentile) for all time with 1,055 births since 1978.
Kayana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for girls in 1978). Birth data for Kayana is available in 45 out of the 46 years between 1978 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 girls, Kayana reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #843) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Kayana ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 41.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayana".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Kayana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.3% confident that Kayana is pronounced as kay-AH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kai-A-nuh, at 18.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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