Kaniah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAN-ee-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Kaniah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Kaniah come from?
Modern: spelling of Kania; modern coinage of uncertain origin
Meaning borrowed from Kania.
Is Kaniah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaniah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaniah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Kaniah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kaniah than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Kaniah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaniah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,917 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Kaniah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Zariah, Zaniyah, Kamiyah, Aaliyah, Jaliyah, Hadassah, Janiyah, Zaliyah, Aziyah, Kamiah, Sariyah
Names related to Kaniah
Kiana, Kaniyah, Kanai, Kaniya, Kani, Kiannah, Kanani, Keniyah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kaniah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaniah, updated 20 October 2026.