Kanya Popularity by Year
Follow Kanya across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kanya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Girls | 7 | #12,197 | Down 966 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 8 | #11,231 | Down 981 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 9 | #10,250 | Up 1,106 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 8 | #11,356 | Up 1,108 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 7 | #12,464 | Up 249 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 7 | #12,713 | Up 1,618 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 6 | #14,331 | Up 2,088 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 5 | #16,419 | Down 4,488 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 8 | #11,931 | Down 1,696 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 10 | #10,235 | Up 1,964 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 8 | #12,199 | Down 3,585 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 13 | #8,614 | Down 343 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 14 | #8,271 | Down 1,460 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 19 | #6,811 | Down 1,669 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 28 | #5,142 | Down 1,611 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 46 | #3,531 | Up 1,045 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 7,791 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 31 | #4,576 | Down 846 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 39 | #3,730 | Up 1,478 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 20 | #4,264 | — |
| 2004 | Girls | 24 | #5,208 | Down 540 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 27 | #4,668 | Down 388 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 29 | #4,280 | Up 1,542 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 19 | #5,822 | Down 1,031 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 24 | #4,791 | Up 3,432 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 11 | #8,223 | Down 1,504 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 14 | #6,719 | Up 3,083 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 8 | #9,802 | Up 2,005 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 6 | #11,807 | Down 1,293 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 7 | #10,514 | Down 955 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 8 | #9,559 | Down 68 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 8 | #9,491 | Up 780 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 7 | #10,271 | Up 2,687 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 5 | #12,958 | Down 3,277 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 7 | #9,681 | Down 2,570 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 10 | #7,111 | Up 2,714 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 6 | #9,825 | Up 450 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 5 | #10,275 | Down 1,038 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 6 | #9,237 | Up 1,174 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 5 | #10,411 | Down 1,316 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 6 | #9,095 | Down 1,782 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 8 | #7,313 | Up 1,249 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 6 | #8,562 | Down 3,620 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 13 | #4,942 | Down 788 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 15 | #4,154 | Up 700 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 12 | #4,854 | Up 506 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 10 | #5,360 | Up 720 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 8 | #6,080 | Up 1,212 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 6 | #7,292 | — |