Kanisha
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 293 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,603since 1971
Kanisha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kanisha has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 |
| 1997 | #1,828 | 81 |
| 1996 | #1,669 | 91 |
| 1995 | #1,265 | 133 |
| 1994 | #1,184 | 149 |
| 1993 | #1,325 | 126 |
| 1992 | #1,216 | 143 |
| 1991 | #991 | 189 |
| 1990 | #714 | 293 |
| 1989 | #1,444 | 102 |
| 1988 | #1,934 | 63 |
| 1987 | #1,776 | 66 |
| 1986 | #1,638 | 72 |
| 1985 | #1,710 | 67 |
| 1984 | #1,388 | 84 |
| 1983 | #1,411 | 83 |
| 1982 | #1,653 | 69 |
| 1981 | #1,455 | 83 |
| 1980 | #1,735 | 64 |
| 1979 | #1,517 | 77 |
| 1978 | #1,804 | 56 |
| 1977 | #1,801 | 56 |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Kanisha! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kanisha is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kanisha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kanisha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 730 spots in 1990
- Biggest drop: 277 spots in 1991
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1990 at #714 (293 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1990–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,480
- Highest: 1 in 6,480 girls born in 1990 were named Kanisha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 49.6% of all girls named Kanisha (1,292) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 285 | #1,517 (1979) | #3,383 |
| 1980s | 753 | #1,388 (1984) | #1,614 |
| 1990s | 1,292 | #714 (1990) | #1,614 |
| 2000s | 204 | #3,453 (2000) | #6,923 |
| 2010s | 50 | #10,545 (2018) | #11,622 |
| 2020s | 19 | #11,169 (2023) | #13,305 |
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.
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