Chaniyah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chaniyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 303 babies named Chaniyah between 1998 and 2023, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chaniyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chaniyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chaniyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chaniyah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chaniyah 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 303 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.