How Many People Are Named Caniya?
An estimated 269 people in the United States have the first name Caniya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Caniya peaked in popularity in 2006 with 28 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Caniya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Caniya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
269
About 1 in 1,274,180 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2006
28 births
Total Registered
272
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Caniya
Caniya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 272 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Caniya as a female name
Ranked #15,569 in 2020
5 female births in 2020
Peak: 2006 (28 births)
Caniya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Caniya span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 175 babies were registered. Caniya has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Caniya by Decade
How has Caniya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Caniya by State
Caniya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Caniya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Caniya
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Caniya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Caniya?
We estimate approximately 269 people named Caniya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,274,180 Americans share this first name.
Is Caniya a common name?
Caniya is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 272 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Caniya most popular?
Caniya reached peak popularity in 2006, when 28 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Caniya is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Caniya a female name?
Caniya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Caniya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Caniya Smith, Caniya Johnson, Caniya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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