Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kanna 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 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 275
- 0 boys · 275 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,771 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,771 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 15.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 379 as a first name in 2020; 223 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kanna’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Kanna is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 神無. In Japanese usage, Kanna is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 神菜. In Greek usage, Kanna as a surname is a transliteration of Κάννα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kanna
- Kanna HashimotoJapanese actress (1999-)
- Kanna NakamuraJapanese voice actressborn 1901
- Kanna MoriJapanese fashion model and actressborn 1988
- Kanna SetoJapanese AV idol and gravure idolborn 2004
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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