How Many People Are Named Kanya?
people named Kanya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 563,072 people in the US has this name
Based on 618 babies named Kanya in Social Security records from 1972 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
46 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "young woman" in Thai.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kanya, 95.9% were girls and 4.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kanya alive today is about 24 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kanya first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2007, to 46 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Kanya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,564, in 2007.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,564 (2007) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,699 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kanya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kanya were born in Florida than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today.
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