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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kanesha

Kanesha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 952nd with 198 babies. More babies were named Kanesha in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1990198 babies
Total since 1880
1,752babies recorded

Kanesha popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#4,12030
1990#952198
1980#2,40740
1970——
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Kanesha, counting every spelling?

Kanesha has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Kanesha?

About 1,700 people born in the US named Kanesha are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 31 and 40. That makes Kanesha mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Kanesha by state

How common Kanesha was among girls born in each state in 1988–1992, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (6.5×), Tennessee (4.8×), Alabama (4.3×), North Carolina (2.7×), Georgia (2.6×). In 33 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesIL0.08Michigan: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMI0.04New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIN0.03Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesVA0.09Maryland: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMD0.05Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesAR0.18Tennessee: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesTN0.31North Carolina: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesNC0.17South Carolina: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesSC0.19District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesLA0.08Mississippi: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesMS0.42Alabama: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesAL0.27Georgia: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesGA0.17Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesFL0.10
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kanesha, girls, 1988–1992. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Kanesha

How popular is the name Kanesha?

Kanesha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 952nd with 198 babies. More babies were named Kanesha in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Kanesha a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,752 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Kanesha most popular?

In 1988–1992, Kanesha was most common in Mississippi (0.42 per 1,000 girls), followed by Tennessee and Alabama.