Kano
Boy · KAH-no · Japanese
Kano is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Kano mean?
Japanese: Japanese surname and given name
Kano Jigoro, the founder of judo, is the best-known bearer of the Japanese surname.
- Say it
- KAH-no
Is Kano a girl's or a boy's name?
Kano is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kano in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Kano, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Kano in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kano in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Kano
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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