Kanda

Girls' name

Beloved

Kanda has been given to 177 babies in the U.S. since 1947. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1970, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Kanda, 2002

1 in 747,000

Kanda over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kanda: meaning, origin, and history

Beloved

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kanda means

Kanda means “beloved”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kanda is used in Thai.

Another recorded pronunciation is /kaːn˧.ˈdaː˧/ for Kanda.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 177 girls were recorded with the name Kanda between 1947 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1970; its best national rank was #4,294 in 1952.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Kanda?

Kanda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2002: 1 in 747,000; 5 of 3,737,275 births
Among girls only: 1 in 359,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2002: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 518,097 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kanda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2002 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 518,097 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kanda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kandas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kanda was born before 1970 — so the typical Kanda is around 55 today.

Median birth year: 1970; About 55 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 32.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 30.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 166; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 32.2% of all recorded uses (57).

Is Kanda rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1970 (10)
Years since peak: 55; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,294; 1952

Spellings of Kanda

Kanda is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 21.7% against Kanda's <0.01%.

Linda21.7%1,455,143
Anna13.7%914,859
Sandra13.1%875,531
Amanda11.8%790,638
Kayla5.2%346,570
Wanda4.2%281,214
Dana2.9%193,555
Tanya1.7%116,855

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kanda around the world

Where Kanda ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2025–2025
#5,492
in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Kanda by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,294; 1952
Peak year: 1970; 10 that year
First recorded: 1947
Last recorded: 2002
All-time count: 177
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kanda

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kanai Kanon Kanna Kanari Kannon Kanaya Kani Kanyla Kanae Kanylah Kaniah Penda Kinda Kanoe Kanita Kanyia Kanyah Kana Kanani Kanyon Kanya Kania Kang Kanija

Sibling names for Kanda

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nicolle Janeen Corinna Marlo Lashawn Shonda Jeana Jeanna

For a brother

Judd Douglass Alfonzo Edwardo Shon Brant Scot Darrick

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