girl's name

Kohana

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 229

Kohana is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2009, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 301,477 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2002.

Kohana over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Kohana by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 79
2010s 81
2020s (to 2025) 62

How popular is Kohana?

In 2025, Kohana was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Kohana is used

England & Wales #6,175 3 in 2008
United States #8,898 11 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kohana

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kohana also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kohana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kohana

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kohana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kohana

How popular is the name Kohana?

In 2025, Kohana was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Kohana a girl's or a boy's name?

Kohana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kohana most popular?

Kohana peaked in 2009, when 18 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Kohana a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kohana currently ranks #8,898 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.