Kaniel

Boy · recorded 1974–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 2017best year

Most popular in 2017.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kaniel.

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Its story

Popularity since 1974

04719741986199820102022

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 22 recorded years as a table
Kaniel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19743
19803
19884
19943
20023
20033
20044
20056
20073
20085
20097
20104
20114
20124
20133
20144
20177
20184
20193
20204
20214
20226

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kaniel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022
10
Rank in 2022
#7,768
How rare
1 in 174,600 boys
Since 1974
168

Kaniel was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2017, at 7 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kaniel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.