Cana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Cana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Cana mean?
Hebrew: from the biblical town of Cana
Cana in Galilee is where Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding, in John's Gospel.
Is Cana a girl's or a boy's name?
Cana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Cana, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Cana in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
Names like Cana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gianna, Mckenna, Brianna, Teagan, Cassidy, Eden, Ivanna, Kiara, Ximena, Ava, Briella, Ezra
Names related to Cana
Chana, Cianna, Ciana, Ceanna, Cyanna, Channa, Chanah, Chania
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cana, updated 20 October 2026.