Kanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAN-na
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Kanna is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Kanna mean?
Japanese: meaning depends on the kanji
A Japanese name whose meaning depends on the kanji chosen, for example 栞奈 or 環奈.
Is Kanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Kanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Kanna, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Kanna in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Kanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Brynlee Keyla Kinley Kiara Mckenna Braelynn Kenley Kennedy Briar Brynn Brooklyn
Names related to Kanna
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo
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, “Kanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kanna, updated 20 October 2026.