Kanako Popularity by Year
Follow Kanako across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kanako 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Girls | 5 | #16,462 | Down 2,618 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 6 | #13,844 | Down 5,039 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 10 | #8,805 | Up 3,621 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 6 | #12,426 | Up 1,298 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 5 | #13,724 | Down 294 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 5 | #13,430 | Down 4,711 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 9 | #8,719 | Up 1,703 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 5 | #10,422 | — |