Girls' name · since 1981
Cornisha
Cornisha has 227 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,519 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 227
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cornisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 227 have been recorded since 1981.
Cornisha has 227 recorded births among girls since 1981, 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 1981 to 2004.
- #18,519 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 227 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cornisha ranks #18,519 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 227 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,519 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 227
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cornisha's 227 recorded births place it above 74.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cornisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cornisha splits its recorded history at 1993: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cornisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2004
- Peak year (1992)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Cornisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (129 births, 57% of the file).
1990s was Cornisha's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Cornisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
129 births
- 2000s 40
2000s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 129 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Cornisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (129 total births); usage has since declined to 40 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 Cornisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1981–2004 (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 Cornisha 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.