Kaniya Girl
How popular is Kaniya?
#6,324 girl name in 2025
18 baby girls were named Kaniya in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
Kaniya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,324 for girls (▲ 315 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 18 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-68% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,001 in 2015, #4,004 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (207 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,132 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaniya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaniyah family of names ranked #1,884 for girls in 2025 (#2,262 the year before), with 74 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaniyah | 56 | 76% |
| Kaniya | 18 | 24% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kaniya is most popular
Babies named Kaniya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Kaniya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kaniya
Questions
- Is Kaniya a boy or girl name?
- Kaniya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaniya were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaniya?
- 18 baby girls were named Kaniya in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
- When was Kaniya most popular?
- Kaniya peaked in 2005, when 207 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,132 in 2005.
- How many people are named Kaniya?
- 2,498 babies have been named Kaniya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,477 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Kaniya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaniya was most common in Tennessee, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.