Kanisha
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
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
By decade
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.
- Kaneshapeak 1990
- Ieshiapeak 1991
- Marquishapeak 1993
- Ronishapeak 1992
- Jamikapeak 1993
- Sharaepeak 1991
- Tyeshapeak 1991
- Shaniquepeak 1992
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.