Kaniyah
Kaniyah was the 2975th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 56 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 1524th with 147 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 726 places. More babies were named Kaniyah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,975 girls, down 494 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 56girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2010147 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,369babies recorded
Kaniyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #2,975 | 56 |
| 2020 | #2,481 | 70 |
| 2010 | #1,524 | 147 |
| 2000 | #3,697 | 35 |
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How popular is Kaniyah, counting every spelling?
Kaniyah is the most common spelling of a name family that had 74 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 74 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaniyah | 56 | #2,975 | 316 |
| Kaniya | 18 | #6,434 | 139 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kaniyah?
56 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kaniyah (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kaniyah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 150 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kaniyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kaniyah?
About 2,400 people born in the US named Kaniyah are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 9 and 20. That makes Kaniyah mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Kaniyah by state
How common Kaniyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Kaniyah
How popular is the name Kaniyah?
Kaniyah was the 2975th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 56 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 1524th with 147 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 726 places. More babies were named Kaniyah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Kaniyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kaniyah in the US.
Where is Kaniyah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kaniyah was most common in Georgia (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Maryland and South Carolina.