Girls' name · since 1974
Arnesha
304 babies named Arnesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,772 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 304
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Arnesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 304 have been recorded since 1974.
Arnesha has 304 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2003.
- #15,772 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 304 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arnesha ranks #15,772 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 304 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,772 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 304
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Arnesha's 304 recorded births place it above 78.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arnesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arnesha's full recorded timeline at 1990, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arnesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2003
- Peak year (1993)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Arnesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (160 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Arnesha's strongest decade.
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Arnesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
90 births
- 1990s
1990s
160 births
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 160 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Arnesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (160 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arnesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arnesha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.