Kanoa is a rare variant of Kane that peaked in 2010 and remains in steady use.
Kanoa is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,469 for boy births in the United States (and #9,521 across all names), given to 23 babies. Kanoa first appears in 1971 and peaked in 2010 (47 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,469 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | #16,436 | #4,142 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,921 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,626 |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | #14,334 | #3,542 |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,944 |
| 2019 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,411 |
| 2018 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,540 |
| 2017 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,842 |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,645 |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,806 |
| 2014 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,658 |
| 2013 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,013 |
| 2012 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,488 |
| 2011 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,686 |
| 2010 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,607 |
| 2009 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,371 |
| 2008 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,039 |
| 2007 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,844 |
| 2006 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,778 |
| 2005 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,127 |
| 2004 | 23 | 23 | — | #3,944 |
| 2003 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,325 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,258 |
| 2001 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,238 |
| 2000 | 21 | 21 | — | #3,853 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,240 |
| 1998 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,301 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | — | #3,967 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | — | #6,814 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | — | #5,709 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | — | #7,210 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | — | #6,908 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | — | #8,806 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | — | #8,563 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | — | #6,848 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | — | #4,811 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | — | #5,209 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | — | #4,359 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | — | #4,940 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | — | #4,169 |