Girls' name · since 1990
Kaniqua
20 babies named Kaniqua in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kaniqua sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 20 recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Kaniqua recorded 20 times among girls since 1990, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 1992.
- #46,035 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaniqua ranks #46,035 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #46,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kaniqua's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaniqua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaniqua splits its recorded history at 1991: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaniqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1992
- Peak year (1990)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Kaniqua by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Kaniqua's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kaniqua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaniqua: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1990–1992 (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 Kaniqua 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.