Girls' name · since 1972
Canisha
270 babies named Canisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
270 girls have been named Canisha since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Canisha has 270 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2001.
- #16,844 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 270 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Canisha ranks #16,844 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 270 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Canisha's 270 recorded births place it above 76.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Canisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Canisha's full recorded timeline at 1988, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Canisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2001
- Peak year (1991)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Canisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (146 births, 54% of the file).
1990s was Canisha's strongest decade.
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Canisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
79 births
- 1990s
1990s
146 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 146 births (54% of all-time use).
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What to do with Canisha's data
- Canisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (146 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Canisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1972–2001 (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 Canisha 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.