Girls' name · since 1960
Denisha
4,306 babies named Denisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 4,306
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Denisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 4,306 have been recorded since 1960.
Denisha has 4,306 recorded births among girls since 1960, 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 1960 to 2023.
- #2,843 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 4,306 born since 1960
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denisha ranks #2,843 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 4,306 born since 1960, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 4,306
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Denisha's 4,306 recorded births place it above 96.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Denisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Denisha's full recorded timeline at 1992, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 302 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Denisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2023
- Peak year (1994)
- 302
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Denisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,775 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Denisha's strongest decade.
1,775 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Denisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 53
1960s
53 births
- 1970s 493
1970s
493 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,345 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,775 births
- 2000s 511
2000s
511 births
- 2010s 117
2010s
117 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,775 births (41% of all-time use).
How Denisha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Denisha's total volume
Denisha by state
Where Denisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 429 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 291 | 6.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 289 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 175 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 163 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 162 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 154 | 3.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 128 | 3.0% |
429 of 4,306 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Denisha appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Denisha's data
- Denisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,775 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Denishas (429 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Denisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1960–2023 (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 Denisha 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.