Kanishka

Popularity Trends

The name Kanishka is the #7,669 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 70 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,646 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 70 births since 2008.

Kanishka first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (first recorded for girls in 2008). Birth data for Kanishka is available in 9 out of the 13 years between 2008 and 2020. 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, Kanishka reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #922) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kanishka".

2008 2020 20082020

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2013

First Recorded

2008

Peak Percentile

1.0%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#922

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names That Sound Similar

These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Kanishka.

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kanishka", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Kanishka.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Kanishka's popularity from 2005 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Kanishka at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Kanishka range from Ritisha at 87.5% correlation to Drayah at 84.5% correlation, with an average correlation level of 85.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Jaycion with 856 births (100% boys) and the least popular is Sarem with 34 births (100% girls).

Kanishka's share of births peaked at 7.3 births per million for girls in 2013. It reached its lowest point of 2.7 births per million (37% of peak) in 2018. In 2020, the most recent period with data, the name Kanishka had 4 births per million, 55% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Ritisha

108

87.51% (very strong)

87.22% (very strong)

87.14% (very strong)

86.88% (very strong)

240

86.59% (very strong)

85.42% (very strong)

85.39% (very strong)

85.27% (very strong)

856

84.88% (very strong)

Jaicion

101

84.87% (very strong)

Aerabella

281

84.83% (very strong)

Drayah

84.50% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Kanishka

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kanishka. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 56.3% confident that Kanishka is pronounced as kuh-NIHSH-kuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-NIHSH-kuh, at 31.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

56.3%

31.3%

6.3%

6.3%

kuh-NIHSH-kuh (3 syllables)

56.3% confidence

K AH0 N IH1 SH K AH0

kah-NIHSH-kuh (3 syllables)

31.3% confidence

K AA0 N IH1 SH K AH0

KAH-nihsh-kuh (3 syllables)

6.3% confidence

K AA1 N IH0 SH K AH0

kuh-NEESH-kuh (3 syllables)

6.3% confidence

K AH0 N IY1 SH K AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Kanishka? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Kanishka. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Kanishka, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K AH0 N IH1 SH K AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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