Kaniyla — #14820 US girls' name
21 babies named Kaniyla in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 16% of names given to girls today.
71% of everyone ever named Kaniyla was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kaniyla in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaniyla
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Kaniyla between 2017 and 2024, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaniyla currently holds the #14820 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaniyla performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kaniyla shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaniyla 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 21 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.
Kaniyla at a glance
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Current rank
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Kaniyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2017
- Peak year (2017)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #14820 among girls.
21 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 8 births in a single year.
Kaniyla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 15 births that decade — 71% of Kaniyla's all-time total
Kaniyla decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaniyla's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2017–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.