Deneshia — girls' name
347 babies named Deneshia in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
347 girls have been named Deneshia since 1973, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2009.
- 347
- total births
- 1973–2009
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Deneshia was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Deneshia in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deneshia
The Social Security Administration has registered 347 babies named Deneshia between 1973 and 2009, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deneshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deneshia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 162 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Deneshia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Deneshia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deneshia 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 347 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.
Deneshia at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deneshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1973
- Peak year (1994)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
347 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 35 births in a single year.
Deneshia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 162 births that decade — 47% of Deneshia's all-time total
Deneshia decade highlights
- Peak decade 162 births
- Runner-up 116 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Deneshia's strongest decade
162 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Deneshia by state
Where Deneshia concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 6 | 1.7% |
6 of 347 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.