Kanichi
Kan'ichi or Kanichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Kan'ichi Asakawa , Japanese historian Kan'ichi Gondo , Japanese politician Kanichi Kashimura , Imperial Japanese Navy officer Kanichi Nagazawa , Japanese Major General Kanichi Kurita , Japanese voice actor and comedian Kan'ichi Kuroda , Japanese philosopher Kan'ichi Oda , Japanese politician Kan'ichi…
Meaning & Origin of Kanichi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kan'ichi or Kanichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Kan'ichi Asakawa , Japanese historian Kan'ichi Gondo , Japanese politician Kanichi Kashimura , Imperial Japanese Navy officer Kanichi Nagazawa , Japanese Major General Kanichi Kurita , Japanese voice actor and comedian Kan'ichi Kuroda , Japanese philosopher Kan'ichi Oda , Japanese politician Kan'ichi…
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The Story of Kanichi
The earliest SSA record of Kanichi as a baby boy name dates back to 1920, when 5 babies received it. 1920 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Kanichi — #4,286 in the national rankings. Kanichi last appeared in the published SSA data in 1920, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kanichi
Kanichi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Kanichi's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #4,286. Use the chart and map above to compare Kanichi'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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