Kaneesha
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #8,758
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 175 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 482since 1977
Kaneesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Kaneesha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #2,034 | 67 |
| 1990 | #1,029 | 175 |
| 1989 | #2,371 | 49 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
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| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
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| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kaneesha! It came in at #9,652, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaneesha is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#281 · 1 in 1,531
- South Carolina#288 · 1 in 1,821
- Louisiana#301 · 1 in 1,692
- Georgia#336 · 1 in 2,246
- Alabama#383 · 1 in 2,497
Best ever in a state: #281 in Mississippi, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #281 | 9 | 1 in 1,531 |
| South Carolina | #288 | 11 | 1 in 1,821 |
| Louisiana | #301 | 15 | 1 in 1,692 |
| Georgia | #336 | 19 | 1 in 2,246 |
| Alabama | #383 | 9 | 1 in 2,497 |
| North Carolina | #505 | 10 | 1 in 4,086 |
| Maryland | #592 | 6 | 1 in 4,728 |
| Tennessee | #669 | 5 | 1 in 6,038 |
| Illinois | #674 | 14 | 1 in 5,608 |
| Virginia | #685 | 6 | 1 in 6,298 |
| New Jersey | #767 | 7 | 1 in 6,852 |
| Florida | #884 | 10 | 1 in 7,913 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,042 | 6 | 1 in 12,100 |
| Texas | #1,331 | 10 | 1 in 13,758 |
| New York | #1,974 | 5 | 1 in 24,411 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kaneesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1990 at #1,029 (175 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,849 girls born in 1990 were named Kaneesha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 163,693 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
- 77.6% of all girls named Kaneesha (374) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 12 | #8,061 (1979) | #8,857 |
| 1980s | 85 | #2,371 (1989) | #7,488 |
| 1990s | 374 | #1,029 (1990) | #5,252 |
| 2000s | 11 | #8,758 (2001) | #8,758 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kaneesha in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 10,849 of them was named Kaneesha, which outranked 93.2% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,026Chiquita176
- #1,026Kelcie176
- #1,026Marta176
- #1,029Kaneesha175
- #1,029Christal175
- #1,029Glenda175
- #1,029Shanequa175
- #1,035Stacia174
- #1,036Chana173
- #1,036Christi173
Tied with 5 names at #1,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.