Kanisha is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1990 and has since faded.
Kanisha is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Kanisha was first reported in SSA data in 1971 and peaked in 1990 (293 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | #16,435 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | #11,686 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | #14,257 |
| 2018 | 9 | 9 | #10,991 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | #12,301 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | #12,391 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | #13,786 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 | #11,731 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #11,737 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | #11,068 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | #12,087 |
| 2007 | 18 | 18 | #7,241 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | #9,590 |
| 2005 | 20 | 20 | #6,126 |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | #7,233 |
| 2003 | 20 | 20 | #5,920 |
| 2002 | 28 | 28 | #4,440 |
| 2001 | 33 | 33 | #3,904 |
| 2000 | 38 | 38 | #3,483 |
| 1999 | 45 | 45 | #2,959 |
| 1998 | 42 | 42 | #3,039 |
| 1997 | 81 | — | #1,834 |
| 1996 | 91 | — | #1,676 |
| 1995 | 133 | — | #1,269 |
| 1994 | 149 | — | #1,188 |
| 1993 | 126 | — | #1,331 |
| 1992 | 143 | — | #1,220 |
| 1991 | 189 | — | #992 |
| 1990 | 293 | — | #717 |
| 1989 | 102 | — | #1,448 |
| 1988 | 63 | — | #1,941 |
| 1987 | 66 | — | #1,782 |
| 1986 | 72 | — | #1,644 |
| 1985 | 67 | — | #1,719 |
| 1984 | 84 | — | #1,392 |
| 1983 | 83 | — | #1,417 |
| 1982 | 69 | — | #1,663 |
| 1981 | 83 | — | #1,464 |
| 1980 | 64 | — | #1,740 |
| 1979 | 77 | — | #1,527 |
| 1978 | 56 | — | #1,808 |
| 1977 | 56 | — | #1,814 |
| 1976 | 42 | — | #2,078 |
| 1975 | 18 | — | #3,685 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | #3,618 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | #4,460 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #8,878 |