Given name

Canya

Canya is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Canya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Canya through the years

Babies since 1880
23
0 boys · 23 girls
Most popular year
2004
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Canya in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2004–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2004.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Canya, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Ahmyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kaelah

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>99% girls

Modern

Kiyanah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kanea

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kenah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Canasia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kanasia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Karyzma

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Canya’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Canya

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