Is Kanai a boy or girl name?

Kanai is a unisex name. Of the 575 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 29.4% were girls and 70.6% were boys.

Kanai

Recorded 1999–2025 · United States

Kanai was most popular in 2025, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,600 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,600, with 50 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 575 people named Kanai.

Kanai over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kanai’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kanai a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kanai is a unisex name — 29.4% of the 575 Americans given it were girls and 70.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 29% girls and 71% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kanai

Where Kanai is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Hawaii 321.9×

Explore further

See Kanai on the interactive charts

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org