Girls' name · since 1995
Daynesha
Daynesha has 11 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #52,938 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
Daynesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1995.
Daynesha has 11 recorded births among girls since 1995, 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 1995 to 1996.
- #52,938 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1995
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daynesha ranks #52,938 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1995, peaking in the 1990s.
- #52,938 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
Daynesha's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daynesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daynesha splits its recorded history at 1996: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daynesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1996
- Peak year (1996)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Daynesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Daynesha's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Daynesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daynesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1995–1996 (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 Daynesha 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.