Kaniyah
Recorded 1996–2025 · United States
Kaniyah was most popular in 2010, when 147 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,693 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,203, with 56 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,369 people named Kaniyah.
Kaniyah over time
How old is the name Kaniyah?
Kaniyah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1996, which makes it about 29 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 30 of the 30 years since.
How many people are named Kaniyah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,369 American births named Kaniyah 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 2,350 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Kaniyah in 2025?
56 American babies were named Kaniyah in 2025, ranking #5,203 that year.
Is Kaniyah getting more or less popular?
Kaniyah is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 63 births a year, against 100 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -37% 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 Kaniyah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Kaniyah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,369 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 Kaniyah?
Roughly 2,350 Americans named Kaniyah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 9 and 20. That is a narrow band because Kaniyah is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
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 Kaniyah 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