How Many People Are Named Kaniesha?
An estimated 249 people in the United States have the first name Kaniesha. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 34 years old, and Kaniesha peaked in popularity in 1990 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kaniesha 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 Kaniesha paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
249
About 1 in 1,376,523 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
34
years old
Peak Year
1990
29 births
Total Registered
259
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kaniesha
Kaniesha is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 259 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kaniesha as a female name
Ranked #16,097 in 2006
6 female births in 2006
Peak: 1990 (29 births)
Kaniesha: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kaniesha span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 167 babies were registered. Kaniesha has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kaniesha by Decade
How has Kaniesha 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.
Kaniesha + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kaniesha as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kaniesha
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kaniesha: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kaniesha?
We estimate approximately 249 people named Kaniesha 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 1,376,523 Americans share this first name.
Is Kaniesha a common name?
Kaniesha is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 259 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kaniesha most popular?
Kaniesha reached peak popularity in 1990, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kaniesha is approximately 34 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kaniesha a female name?
Kaniesha is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kaniesha Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kaniesha Smith, Kaniesha Johnson, Kaniesha 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.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me