Girls' name · since 1984
Deniesha
Deniesha has 98 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,299 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deniesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 98 recorded since 1984.
Deniesha has 98 recorded births among girls since 1984, 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 1984 to 2002.
- #27,299 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 98 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deniesha ranks #27,299 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 98 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,299 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deniesha's 98 recorded births place it above 62.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deniesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deniesha's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deniesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2002
- Peak year (1988)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Deniesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (50 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Deniesha's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Deniesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 50 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Deniesha's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2000s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deniesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
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, 1984–2002 (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 Deniesha 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.