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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kanisha

Kanisha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 717th with 293 babies. More babies were named Kanisha in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1990293 babies
Total since 1880
2,603babies recorded

Kanisha popularity since 1880

0125250375500 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#14,2576
2010#11,7379
2000#3,48338
1990#717293
1980#1,74064
1970——
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Kanisha, counting every spelling?

Kanisha has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Kanisha?

About 2,500 people born in the US named Kanisha are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 31 and 42. That makes Kanisha 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.

Kanisha by state

How common Kanisha was among girls born in each state in 1988–1992, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (3.8×), North Carolina (3.1×), Tennessee (2.9×), Georgia (2.4×), Virginia (1.6×). In 29 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: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesIL0.13Michigan: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMI0.10New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOH0.06Pennsylvania: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesPA0.08New Jersey: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.06Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCO0.05Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMO0.11Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesVA0.14Maryland: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMD0.11Delaware: 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: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesAR0.13Tennessee: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesTN0.25North Carolina: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesNC0.27South Carolina: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesSC0.32District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOK0.07Louisiana: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesLA0.14Mississippi: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesMS0.22Alabama: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesAL0.14Georgia: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesGA0.21Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesTX0.09Florida: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesFL0.11
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kanisha, girls, 1988–1992. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Kanisha: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kanisha, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Kanisha

How popular is the name Kanisha?

Kanisha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 717th with 293 babies. More babies were named Kanisha in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Kanisha a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kanisha in the US.

Where was Kanisha most popular?

In 1988–1992, Kanisha was most common in South Carolina (0.32 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and Tennessee.