Caniyah
Girl · kah-NY-ah · Modern
Caniyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Caniyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Kaniya; modern coinage in the style of Taniya and Janiya
- Say it
- kah-NY-ah
Meaning borrowed from Kaniya.
Is Caniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Caniyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Caniyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Caniyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caniyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Caniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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