Girls' name · since 1996
Kaniah
Kaniah has 506 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,715 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 506
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
506 babies have been named Kaniah since 1996, making it today's #15715 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaniah has been recorded 506 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #15715 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #11,769 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,715 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 506 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaniah ranks #11,769 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,715 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 506 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,715 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 506
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaniah's 506 recorded births place it above 83.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Kaniah compares
506 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kaniah's all-time total is 35% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaniah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 506 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaniah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 42 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaniah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kaniah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (267 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Kaniah's strongest decade.
267 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Kaniah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
267 births
- 2010s
2010s
162 births
- 2020s 50
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 267 births (53% of all-time use).
How Kaniah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kaniah's total volume
Kaniah by state
Where Kaniah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 506 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Kaniah's data
- Kaniah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (267 total births); usage has since declined to 50 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Kaniahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
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 Kaniah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
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, 1996–2025 (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 Kaniah 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.