Kanesha

Girl · recorded 1972–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1990best year

Most popular in 1990.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kanesha.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1972

05210419721982199220022012

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 39 recorded years as a table
Kanesha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19724
19733
19749
197512
197612
197720
197818
197917
198024
198127
198230
198328
198434
198522
198624
198728
198820
198945
1990104
199188
199259
199350
199457
199548
199643
199734
199826
199915
200017
200115
200212
20039
20047
20056
20065
20076
20085
20094
20124

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kanesha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
7
Rank in 2012
#13,483
How rare
1 in 251,578 girls
Since 1972
1,752

Kanesha was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1990, at 104 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kanesha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.