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Kanisha

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Kanisha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 717th, in 1990.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
50.00% of girls
Peak year
1990293 births
Best rank
#717in 1990
Since 1971
2,603people given the name
Babies named Kanisha, by year of birthgirls
012525037550018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

2,603 girls have been named Kanisha in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 293 births.

The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 293 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 50%. It has spent 2 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 Kanisha
1970s285
1980s753
1990s1,292
2000s204
2010s50
2020s19

In 1990, its biggest year

Kanisha was the 717th 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 Kanisha

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.