Kaniesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaniesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 259 babies named Kaniesha between 1977 and 2006, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaniesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaniesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kaniesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaniesha 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 259 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.