Kaniela — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kaniela

The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Kaniela between 1989 and 2019, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaniela currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaniela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kaniela shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kaniela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaniela 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 28 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.