Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kanako through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 51
- 0 boys · 51 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 656 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kanako’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Kanako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of かなこ. In Japanese usage, Kanako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 佳南子. In Japanese usage, Kanako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 佳菜子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kanako
- Kanako ItoJapanese association football playerborn 1983
- AsukaJapanese professional wrestlerborn 1981
- Kanako MurakamiJapanese figure skaterborn 1994
- Kanako MomotaJapanese singerborn 1994
- Kanako WatanabeJapanese swimmerborn 1996
- Kanako KitaoOlympic synchronized swimmerborn 1982
- Kanako OtsujiJapanese politicianborn 1974
- Kanako MurataJapanese amateur wrestlerborn 1992
- Kanako HiguchiJapanese actressborn 1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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