Arnisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arnisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 308 babies named Arnisha between 1971 and 2016, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arnisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Arnisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arnisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnisha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 308 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.