Kaniesha

Girl · recorded 1977–2006

  • 2006last recorded
  • 1990best year

Most popular in 1990.

Last recorded in 2006. 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 Kaniesha.

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Its story

Popularity since 1977

081519771984199219992006

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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 22 recorded years as a table
Kaniesha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19773
19783
19804
19824
19834
19865
19875
19883
19899
199015
199114
199215
199313
19947
19959
19965
19975
19985
19994
20004
20016
20063

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kaniesha 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 2006
6
Rank in 2006
#15,152
How rare
1 in 316,868 girls
Since 1977
259

Kaniesha was last recorded in 2006. 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 15 per million girls born.

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

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