Girls' name · since 1996
Kanijah
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 271 babies named Kanijah, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,818 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kanijah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 271 have been recorded since 1996.
Kanijah has 271 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2024.
- #16,818 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 271 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanijah ranks #16,818 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 271 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,818 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kanijah's 271 recorded births place it above 76.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Kanijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kanijah splits its recorded history at 2007: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kanijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2024
- Peak year (2007)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kanijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (173 births, 64% of the file).
2000s was Kanijah's strongest decade.
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Kanijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
173 births
- 2010s 67
2010s
67 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 173 births (64% of all-time use).
Kanijah by state
Where Kanijah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 15 | 5.5% |
15 of 271 births nationwide.
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- Kanijah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (173 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Kanijahs (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kanijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1996–2024 (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 Kanijah 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.