Kania
Feminine
Kania is an American name of the late twentieth century, three soft syllables that look Hawaiian. The same word is Polish for the red kite, the fork-tailed bird of prey, and a common Polish surname.
How old is the name Kania?
Kania first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Kania alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 600 people named Kania are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kania most popular?
Kania peaked in 2000, reaching #2903 nationally. See the whole 2000 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kania
In Polish, kania is the red kite, a russet bird of prey with a deeply forked tail that hangs almost still on the wind over open country, and Kania is a common Polish surname. Kania, the American girl's name, was not built from the bird, as far as any record shows; it came from the soft three-syllable names of its day. But it shares a word with one of the most graceful birds in the sky.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Kania may be a build in the Kanya and Tania family, a Hawaiian-looking coinage, or the Polish word used as a name; nothing records which.
Pronouncing Kania
KAH-nee-uh
Three syllables with the stress on the first; some families say KAN-yuh.
Nicknames for Kania
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1981
- Most girls named
- 200049 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2903reached in 2000
- Change vs 2022
- +20.0%6 in 2024, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kanias among us
people named Kania are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Kania sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Soft and easy to say.
- Rare, so a Kania is unlikely to share her name.
- Short on paper.
- Kanya, Kaniya and Tania are likely guesses.
- Polish speakers will hear a surname.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kanias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Kania are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kania in 2025?
- Kania is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kania with classmates?
- Kania will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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