Kanya
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
2007
46 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
618
since 1972
Born a Kanya? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kanya was most popular in 2007, when 46 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.02 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Kanya in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 58%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 7 | 12197 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 8 | 11231 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 9 | 10250 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 8 | 11356 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 12464 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 7 | 12713 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 6 | 14331 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 5 | 16419 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 8 | 11931 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 10 | 10235 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | 12199 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 13 | 8614 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 14 | 8271 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 19 | 6811 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 28 | 5142 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 46 | 3531 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 31 | 4576 | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 39 | 3730 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 24 | 5208 | 20 | 4264 |
| 2003 | 27 | 4668 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 29 | 4280 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 19 | 5822 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 24 | 4791 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 11 | 8223 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 14 | 6719 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 9802 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | 11807 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | 10514 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 8 | 9559 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 8 | 9491 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 7 | 10271 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 5 | 12958 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 7 | 9681 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 10 | 7111 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 6 | 9825 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 5 | 10275 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 6 | 9237 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | 10411 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 6 | 9095 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 8 | 7313 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 6 | 8562 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 13 | 4942 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 15 | 4154 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 12 | 4854 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 10 | 5360 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 8 | 6080 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | 7292 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 96% · boys 4% across all years