Quick answers about Kanisha
How many people are named Kanisha?
An estimated 2,508 living Americans are named Kanisha.
How rare is Kanisha?
Kanisha fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Kanisha?
The median age of a living American named Kanisha is approximately 36 years, with most bearers falling between 31 and 41 years old.
Is Kanisha still popular?
Not especially. Kanisha has been declining since its 1990 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Kanisha most common?
Kanisha has its strongest geographic signal in North Carolina, where it appears 2.5× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Kanisha is most concentrated in North Carolina — about 2.5× the national rate in the 1990s. It also runs high in Georgia and Florida.
States where Kanisha is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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