Kanisha — #15673 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kanisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,603 babies named Kanisha between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kanisha currently holds the #15673 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 293 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,292 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kanisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 177 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kanisha in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kanisha 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 2,603 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.