Kaniya
#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 207 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,498since 1990
Kaniya over time
Rank among girls' names. Kaniya has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 |
| 2021 | #3,735 | 40 |
| 2020 | #4,005 | 35 |
| 2019 | #3,388 | 46 |
| 2018 | #3,293 | 48 |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 |
| 2016 | #3,656 | 42 |
| 2015 | #3,001 | 57 |
| 2014 | #2,290 | 81 |
| 2013 | #2,408 | 75 |
| 2012 | #2,373 | 78 |
| 2011 | #2,017 | 97 |
| 2010 | #1,783 | 115 |
| 2009 | #1,660 | 134 |
| 2008 | #1,589 | 143 |
| 2007 | #1,392 | 172 |
| 2006 | #1,234 | 195 |
| 2005 | #1,132 | 207 |
| 2004 | #1,201 | 186 |
| 2003 | #1,372 | 147 |
| 2002 | #1,606 | 115 |
| 2001 | #1,560 | 119 |
| 2000 | #2,190 | 72 |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
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| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kaniya! It came in at #12,958, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1992, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaniya is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#210 · 1 in 832
- Alabama#547 · 1 in 2,623
- Virginia#764 · 1 in 4,180
- Michigan#832 · 1 in 4,940
- Tennessee#919 · 1 in 5,365
Best ever in a state: #188 in District of Columbia, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #210 | 15 | 1 in 832 |
| Alabama | #547 | 8 | 1 in 2,623 |
| Virginia | #764 | 9 | 1 in 4,180 |
| Michigan | #832 | 9 | 1 in 4,940 |
| Tennessee | #919 | 6 | 1 in 5,365 |
| Georgia | #942 | 10 | 1 in 5,282 |
| North Carolina | #1,030 | 8 | 1 in 6,010 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 7 | 1 in 8,056 |
| Illinois | #1,130 | 9 | 1 in 7,358 |
| Florida | #1,185 | 11 | 1 in 7,826 |
| Texas | #2,504 | 7 | 1 in 23,960 |
| California | #3,637 | 5 | 1 in 45,868 |
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See more about Kaniya
- 317 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #6,325)
- 2,320 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #6,325)
- 3,324 spots since 2015 (#3,001 → #6,325)
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 2005 at #1,132 (207 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 8,927 girls born in 2005 were named Kaniya (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 59.6% of all girls named Kaniya (1,490) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 152 | #3,313 (1999) | #7,527 |
| 2000s | 1,490 | #1,132 (2005) | #1,494 |
| 2010s | 682 | #1,783 (2010) | #2,776 |
| 2020s | 174 | #3,735 (2021) | #4,909 |
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.
Kaniya in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
More about 2008
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1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 13,223 of them was named Kaniya, which outranked 92.2% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,583Kadyn144
- #1,583Margot144
- #1,583Nailah144
- #1,589Kaniya143
- #1,589Brylie143
- #1,589Emerald143
- #1,589Jeanette143
- #1,597Ayva142
- #1,597Ciera142
- #1,597Janeth142
Tied with 7 names at #1,589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.