Kanijah — #11508 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kanijah

The Social Security Administration has registered 271 babies named Kanijah between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kanijah currently holds the #11508 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanijah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kanijah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kanijah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kanijah 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 271 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.