Girls' name · since 2008
Kanishka
Kanishka has 75 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,274 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
75 babies have been named Kanishka since 2008, making it today's #16274 girls' name.
Kanishka has 75 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16274 as of the latest data, more common than 6% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #30,338 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,274 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 75 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanishka ranks #30,338 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,274 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 75 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,274 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kanishka's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kanishka compares
75 21st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kanishka's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kanishka | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 75 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kanishka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kanishka's full recorded timeline at 2017, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kanishka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Kanishka by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (57 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Kanishka's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Kanishka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (76% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kanishka's data
- Kanishka's decade-level peak was the 2010s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kanishka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Kanishka 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.