Kaniylah — girls' name
29 babies named Kaniylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Kaniylah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Kaniylah in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaniylah
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Kaniylah between 2012 and 2023, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaniylah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaniylah performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kaniylah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaniylah 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 29 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.
Kaniylah at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaniylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2012
- Peak year (2023)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
29 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 7 births in a single year.
Kaniylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 18 births that decade — 62% of Kaniylah's all-time total
Kaniylah decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kaniylah's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% 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, 2012–2023 (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.