Danisha — #15647 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Danisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,421 babies named Danisha between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Danisha currently holds the #15647 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 154 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Danisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 988 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Danisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 198 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Danisha in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Danisha 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 2,421 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.