Kana Popularity by Year
Follow Kana across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kana birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 12 | #8,362 | Down 2,195 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 19 | #6,167 | Up 2,319 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 12 | #8,486 | Down 1,779 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 17 | #6,707 | Up 543 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 15 | #7,250 | Down 2,247 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 25 | #5,003 | Up 1,173 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 19 | #6,176 | Up 1,586 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 14 | #7,762 | Down 320 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 15 | #7,442 | Down 1,041 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 19 | #6,401 | Up 3,080 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 11 | #9,481 | Down 1,845 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 15 | #7,636 | Down 907 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 18 | #6,729 | Down 153 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 19 | #6,576 | Up 2,574 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 6 | #10,808 | Up 229 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 12 | #9,150 | Down 1,270 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 15 | #7,880 | Down 2,654 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 27 | #5,226 | Up 1,333 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 6 | #11,037 | Down 886 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 20 | #6,559 | Down 7 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 20 | #6,552 | Down 1,466 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 27 | #5,086 | Up 3,244 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 6 | #10,151 | — |
| 2005 | Girls | 13 | #8,330 | Down 2,586 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 21 | #5,744 | Up 311 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 19 | #6,055 | Down 801 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 22 | #5,254 | Down 566 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 25 | #4,688 | Up 624 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 21 | #5,312 | Down 867 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 25 | #4,445 | Up 1,628 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 16 | #6,073 | Down 1,413 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 22 | #4,660 | Up 79 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 21 | #4,739 | Down 522 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 24 | #4,217 | Up 1,496 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 16 | #5,713 | Down 294 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 17 | #5,419 | Down 891 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 22 | #4,528 | Up 1,725 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 14 | #6,253 | Down 122 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 14 | #6,131 | Up 1,906 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 9 | #8,037 | Down 2,142 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 13 | #5,895 | Down 1,235 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 17 | #4,660 | Up 1,496 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 11 | #6,156 | Down 1,079 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 14 | #5,077 | Up 462 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 12 | #5,539 | Up 1,773 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 8 | #7,312 | Up 157 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 8 | #7,469 | Down 2,506 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 14 | #4,963 | Up 4,132 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 6 | #9,095 | Up 1,115 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 5 | #10,210 | Down 4,647 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 11 | #5,563 | Up 2,004 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 7 | #7,567 | Down 956 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 8 | #6,611 | Down 627 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 9 | #5,984 | Down 208 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 9 | #5,776 | Down 585 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 10 | #5,191 | Up 768 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 8 | #5,959 | Up 1,429 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 6 | #7,388 | Down 318 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 6 | #7,070 | Down 1,428 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 7 | #5,642 | Up 1,125 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 5 | #6,767 | Down 1,442 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 6 | #5,325 | — |