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How popular is “Kana” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kana” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kana” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kana” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kana” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kana” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kana” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kana” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 100%
1992 22 0.000005727 22 100%
1993 17 0.000004509 17 100%
1994 16 0.000004304 16 100%
1995 24 0.000006554 24 100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 100%
1997 22 0.000006068 22 100%
1998 16 0.00000435 16 100%
1999 25 0.000006768 25 100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 100%
2001 25 0.000006678 25 100%
2002 22 0.000005885 22 100%
2003 19 0.000004997 19 100%
2004 21 0.000005496 21 100%
2005 19 0.000004942 13 6 37%
2006 27 0.000006825 27 100%
2007 20 0.000005003 20 100%
2008 26 0.000006615 20 6 54%
2009 27 0.000007068 27 100%
2010 15 0.000004059 15 100%
2011 18 0.000004921 12 6 33%
2012 19 0.000005195 19 100%
2013 18 0.000004937 18 100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 100%
2019 19 0.000005474 19 100%
2020 25 0.000007484 25 100%
2021 15 0.000004427 15 100%
2022 17 0.000005025 17 100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 100%
2024 19 0.000005708 19 100%

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