Kaniyah

Peak · girls
2010 · 147 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,369
since 1996

Kaniyah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaniyah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #1,521, 2010girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
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2025#2,95756
2024#3,96337
2023#3,04754
2022#2,08792
2021#2,34577
2020#2,46870
2019#2,24981
2018#2,25481
2017#2,38476
2016#2,18888
2015#2,23684
2014#2,17687
2013#2,15287
2012#1,744118
2011#1,708122
2010#1,521147
2009#1,676133
2008#1,704131
2007#1,666133
2006#1,552140
2005#1,639122
2004#1,855102
2003#2,20378
2002#2,70956
2001#2,96348
2000#3,66435
1999#8,22311
1998#9,2609
1997#12,0706
1996#9,5818
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First appearance
1996

The first year at least five girls were named Kaniyah! It came in at #9,581, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1996–1998, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Kaniyah is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,213 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,458 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedHITexas: #2,636 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 22,935 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kaniyah, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#1,213 · 1 in 6,458
  2. Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935

Best ever in a state: #387 in Mississippi, 2003.

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See more about Kaniyah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,006 spots since 2024 (#3,963 → #2,957)
  • 489 spots since 2020 (#2,468 → #2,957)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1996
  • Peaked 2010 at #1,521 (147 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,092
  • Highest: 1 in 12,092 girls born in 2010 were named Kaniyah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,701 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 41.3% of all girls named Kaniyah (978) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s34#8,223 (1999)#9,784
2000s978#1,552 (2006)#2,163
2010s971#1,521 (2010)#2,061
2020s386#2,087 (2022)#2,811

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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