Kaniya
Recorded 1990–2025 · United States
Kaniya was most popular in 2005, when 207 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,995 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,985, with 18 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,498 people named Kaniya.
Kaniya over time
How old is the name Kaniya?
Kaniya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1990, which makes it about 35 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 35 of the 36 years since.
How many people are named Kaniya?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,498 American births named Kaniya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,475 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Kaniya in 2025?
18 American babies were named Kaniya in 2025, ranking #10,985 that year.
Is Kaniya getting more or less popular?
Kaniya is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 28 births a year, against 78 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -64% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Kaniya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Kaniya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,498 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Kaniya?
Roughly 2,475 Americans named Kaniya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 14 and 22. That is a narrow band: Kaniya arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Kaniya is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org