Denisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Denisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,306 babies named Denisha between 1960 and 2023, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 302 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,775 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Denisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 429 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Denisha in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denisha 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 4,306 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.