Girls' name · since 2002
Kanyah
Kanyah has 144 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,202 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kanyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 144 have been recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Kanyah recorded 144 times among girls since 2002, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2021.
- #23,202 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 144 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanyah ranks #23,202 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,202 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kanyah's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kanyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kanyah splits its recorded history at 2010: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kanyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2021
- Peak year (2008)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Kanyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (89 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Kanyah's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Kanyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
89 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 89 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Kanyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 11 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Kanyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2002–2021 (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 Kanyah 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.