Kanda
Kanda is a name with a single cultural origin: Thai.
- Thai
Meaning & Origin of Kanda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kanda is a name with a single cultural origin: Thai.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Thai
The Story of Kanda
American parents first put Kanda on the record books as a baby girl name in 1947, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1970, when 10 Kandas were born — ranking #5,061 that year. About 32% of every Kanda on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Kanda last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 177 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kanda
Kanda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1947 and has accumulated 177 births in the dataset. Kanda's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #5,061. Use the chart and map above to compare Kanda'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.