Darnisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Darnisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 877 babies named Darnisha between 1964 and 2008, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darnisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darnisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 403 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Darnisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 71 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Darnisha in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darnisha 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 877 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.