Kahne
Kahne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:David Kahne, American record producer Kasey Kahne, American racing driver
Meaning & Origin of Kahne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kahne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:David Kahne, American record producer Kasey Kahne, American racing driver
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The Story of Kahne
American parents first put Kahne on the record books as a baby boy name in 2004, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 31 Kahnes were born — ranking #3,486 that year. About 59% of every Kahne on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kahne last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 199 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kahne
Kahne is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 199 births in the dataset. Kahne's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #3,486. Use the chart and map above to compare Kahne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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