Kaniah — #14136 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaniah

The Social Security Administration has registered 501 babies named Kaniah between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaniah currently holds the #14136 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaniah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 267 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kaniah 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 Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaniah in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaniah 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 501 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.