Kanyah

Girl · recorded 2002–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 2008best year

Most popular in 2008.

Last recorded in 2021. 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 Kanyah.

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Its story

Popularity since 2002

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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 17 recorded years as a table
Kanyah, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
20023
20033
20045
20057
20066
20077
20089
20098
20103
20113
20125
20133
20144
20184
20194
20203
20214

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kanyah 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 2021
6
Rank in 2021
#13,464
How rare
1 in 273,476 girls
Since 2002
144

Kanyah was last recorded in 2021. 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 2008, at 9 per million girls born.

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

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