How Many People Are Named Kaniyah?
people named Kaniyah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 145,378 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,369 babies named Kaniyah in Social Security records from 1996 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
147 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kaniyah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kaniyah alive today is about 13 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kaniyah first appears in the records in 1996 and was given most often in 2010, to 147 babies. In 2025, 56 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1996 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kaniyah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,524, in 2010. In 2025 it ranked #2,975.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,975 |
| Best rank | #1,524 (2010) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,962 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kaniyah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kaniyah were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 199 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kaniyah was given 4.5 times as often in Georgia, 3.5 times in North Carolina and 2.9 times in Illinois.
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