Girls' name · since 1971
Arnisha
308 babies named Arnisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,669 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
308 girls have been named Arnisha since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Arnisha has 308 recorded births among girls since 1971, 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 1971 to 2016.
- #15,669 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 308 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arnisha ranks #15,669 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 308 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,669 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Arnisha's 308 recorded births place it above 78.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Arnisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arnisha's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arnisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2016
- Peak year (1995)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Arnisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (142 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Arnisha's strongest decade.
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Arnisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 35
1970s
35 births
- 1980s
1980s
109 births
- 1990s
1990s
142 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 142 births (46% of all-time use).
Arnisha by state
Where Arnisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 308 births nationwide.
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- Arnisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (142 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Arnishas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arnisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1971–2016 (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 Arnisha 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.