Kanisha
#3,774 most common girls' name of all time · #6,448 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–2024
Rank among girls
#3,774
Rank overall
#6,448 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
2,603
Since 2016
36
Peak year
1990 #716
Best rank
#716 1990
Girls
Boys
peak 293/yr
Kanisha first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,775 |
| 2023 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,413 |
| 2020 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,815 |
| 2018 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,755 |
| 2016 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,042 |
| 2015 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,113 |
| 2014 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,368 |
| 2012 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,485 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,482 |
| 2009 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,898 |
| 2008 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,852 |
| 2007 | 18 | — | 18 | #7,198 |
| 2006 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,469 |
| 2005 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,079 |
| 2004 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,177 |
| 2003 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,900 |
| 2002 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,438 |
| 2001 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,908 |
| 2000 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,496 |
| 1999 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,967 |
| 1998 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,051 |
| 1997 | 81 | — | 81 | #1,839 |
| 1996 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,679 |
| 1995 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,270 |
| 1994 | 149 | — | 149 | #1,190 |
| 1993 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,334 |
| 1992 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,223 |
| 1991 | 189 | — | 189 | #993 |
| 1990 | 293 | — | 293 | #716 |
| 1989 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,452 |
| 1988 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,950 |
| 1987 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,788 |
| 1986 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,655 |
| 1985 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,723 |
| 1984 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,396 |
| 1983 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,422 |
| 1982 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,671 |
| 1981 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,472 |
| 1980 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,748 |
| 1979 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,529 |
| 1978 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,822 |
| 1977 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,828 |
| 1976 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,096 |
| 1975 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,758 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,689 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,568 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,419 |