Girls' name · since 1999
Kanyia
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 146 babies named Kanyia, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,042 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
146 girls have been named Kanyia since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kanyia has 146 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2013.
- #23,042 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 146 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanyia ranks #23,042 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,042 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kanyia's 146 recorded births place it above 68.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kanyia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kanyia's full recorded timeline at 2006, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kanyia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2013
- Peak year (2005)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Kanyia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (113 births, 77% of the file).
2000s was Kanyia's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Kanyia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 113 births (77% of all-time use).
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- Kanyia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2010s -- 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 Kanyia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1999–2013 (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 Kanyia 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.