Kany
Kány is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary.
Meaning & Origin of Kany
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kány is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary.
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The Story of Kany
American parents first put Kany on the record books as a baby girl name in 2008, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 7 Kanys were born — ranking #13,831 that year. About 59% of every Kany on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Kany last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kany
Kany is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2008 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Kany's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #13,831. Use the chart and map above to compare Kany'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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