Kaneisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaneisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,014 babies named Kaneisha between 1977 and 2009, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaneisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 127 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaneisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 622 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kaneisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaneisha in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaneisha 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 1,014 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.