Denesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Denesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 907 babies named Denesha between 1970 and 2008, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 83 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 428 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Denesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Denesha in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denesha 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 907 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.