Caniyah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Caniyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Caniyah between 1998 and 2022, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caniyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caniyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Caniyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Caniyah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caniyah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 288 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.