Carnesha — girls' name
143 babies named Carnesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Carnesha was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Carnesha in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carnesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 143 babies named Carnesha between 1980 and 2006, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carnesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carnesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Carnesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carnesha 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 143 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.
Carnesha at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carnesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1980
- Peak year (1989)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
143 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 15 births in a single year.
Carnesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 82 births that decade — 57% of Carnesha's all-time total
Carnesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Carnesha's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.