girls:
259 births since 1977
#5457 (4th percentile)
overall:
259 births since 1977
#7480 (3rd percentile)
The name Kaniesha is the #7,480 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 259 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 3.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,457 (4.5% percentile) for all time with 259 births since 1977.
Kaniesha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (first recorded for girls in 1977). Birth data for Kaniesha is available in 22 out of the 30 years between 1977 and 2006. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kaniesha reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #838) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaniesha".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Kaniesha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Kaniesha is pronounced as kuh-NEE-shuh, which has 3 syllables.
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