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Kanesha

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Kanesha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 952nd, in 1990.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1990198 births
Best rank
#952in 1990
Since 1972
1,752people given the name
Babies named Kanesha, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,752 girls have been named Kanesha in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 198 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 198 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 54%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Kanesha
1970s145
1980s487
1990s953
2000s160
2010s7

In 1990, its biggest year

Kanesha was the 952nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.

Names that rose and fell with Kanesha

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.