Kanai Popularity by Year
Follow Kanai across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kanai 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 | Boys | 37 | #3,181 | Up 891 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 13 | #7,885 | Up 3,237 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 26 | #4,072 | Down 360 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 8 | #11,122 | Down 810 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 30 | #3,712 | Up 62 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 9 | #10,312 | Down 2,681 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 29 | #3,774 | Up 473 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 14 | #7,631 | Down 940 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 24 | #4,247 | Up 1,452 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 17 | #6,691 | Up 3,559 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 15 | #5,699 | Down 893 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 9 | #10,250 | Up 5,289 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 20 | #4,806 | Up 514 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 5 | #15,539 | Down 6,198 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 17 | #5,320 | Up 468 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 15 | #5,788 | Up 561 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 11 | #9,341 | Up 2,440 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 13 | #6,349 | Down 1,291 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 8 | #11,781 | Up 2,701 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 18 | #5,058 | Up 8 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 6 | #14,482 | Down 1,413 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 18 | #5,066 | Up 857 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 7 | #13,069 | Down 2,069 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 14 | #5,923 | Down 1,672 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 9 | #11,000 | Up 1,199 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 23 | #4,251 | Up 2,005 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 8 | #12,199 | Up 1,148 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 13 | #6,256 | Up 4,510 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 7 | #13,347 | Down 2,101 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 6 | #10,766 | Down 4,330 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 9 | #11,246 | Down 567 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 13 | #6,436 | Down 366 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 10 | #10,679 | Up 920 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 14 | #6,070 | Up 1,520 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 9 | #11,599 | Up 6,037 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 10 | #7,590 | Down 1,130 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 5 | #17,636 | Down 468 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 12 | #6,460 | Up 174 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 5 | #17,168 | — |
| 2005 | Boys | 11 | #6,634 | Up 902 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 9 | #7,536 | Down 601 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 9 | #6,935 | Up 3,414 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 5 | #10,349 | Down 437 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | — |