Girls' name · since 1987
Charnisha
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 30 babies named Charnisha, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #40,824 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Charnisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 30 have been recorded since 1987.
Charnisha has 30 recorded births among girls since 1987, 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 1987 to 1997.
- #40,824 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charnisha ranks #40,824 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #40,824 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Charnisha's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charnisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Charnisha's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Charnisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1997
- Peak year (1994)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Charnisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (25 births, 83% of the file).
1990s was Charnisha's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Charnisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (83% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Charnisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1987–1997 (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 Charnisha 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.