Kanesha
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #13,483
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 198 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,752since 1972
Kanesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Kanesha has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
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| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 |
| 1998 | #2,846 | 46 |
| 1997 | #2,283 | 59 |
| 1996 | #1,915 | 75 |
| 1995 | #1,730 | 84 |
| 1994 | #1,535 | 101 |
| 1993 | #1,664 | 90 |
| 1992 | #1,462 | 108 |
| 1991 | #1,090 | 165 |
| 1990 | #950 | 198 |
| 1989 | #1,651 | 83 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 |
| 1987 | #2,199 | 49 |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 |
| 1983 | #2,097 | 47 |
| 1982 | #2,050 | 50 |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kanesha! It came in at #7,292, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2010–2011, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kanesha is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#190 · 1 in 984
- Alabama#322 · 1 in 2,043
- Tennessee#353 · 1 in 2,516
- North Carolina#354 · 1 in 2,554
- South Carolina#367 · 1 in 2,226
Best ever in a state: #190 in Mississippi, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #190 | 14 | 1 in 984 |
| Alabama | #322 | 11 | 1 in 2,043 |
| Tennessee | #353 | 12 | 1 in 2,516 |
| North Carolina | #354 | 16 | 1 in 2,554 |
| South Carolina | #367 | 9 | 1 in 2,226 |
| Louisiana | #424 | 10 | 1 in 2,538 |
| Illinois | #552 | 19 | 1 in 4,132 |
| Florida | #596 | 18 | 1 in 4,396 |
| Virginia | #618 | 7 | 1 in 5,398 |
| Indiana | #753 | 5 | 1 in 7,035 |
| Ohio | #820 | 8 | 1 in 8,862 |
| Georgia | #835 | 6 | 1 in 7,111 |
| Michigan | #889 | 7 | 1 in 8,925 |
| Pennsylvania | #931 | 7 | 1 in 10,371 |
| Texas | #1,063 | 14 | 1 in 9,827 |
| California | #2,836 | 6 | 1 in 43,740 |
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See more about Kanesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 701 spots in 1990 (#1,651 → #950)
- Biggest drop: 140 spots in 1991 (#950 → #1,090)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1990 at #950 (198 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1990
- Highest: 1 in 9,589 girls born in 1990 were named Kanesha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 251,579 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 54.4% of all girls named Kanesha (953) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 145 | #2,666 (1977) | #4,529 |
| 1980s | 487 | #1,651 (1989) | #2,229 |
| 1990s | 953 | #950 (1990) | #1,968 |
| 2000s | 160 | #4,079 (2000) | #8,119 |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,483 (2012) | #13,483 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kanesha in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 9,589 of them was named Kanesha, which outranked 93.8% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).