Girls' name · since 2006
Caniah
Caniah has 12 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #51,551 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caniah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 12 have been recorded since 2006.
Caniah has 12 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2007.
- #51,551 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 2006
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caniah ranks #51,551 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 2006, peaking in the 2000s.
- #51,551 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caniah's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Caniah splits its recorded history at 2007: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (6 births).
Caniah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2007
- Peak year (2006)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Caniah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Caniah's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Caniah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Caniah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~1 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Caniah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.