Girls' name · since 1978
Dennisha
Dennisha has 252 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 252
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dennisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 252 recorded since 1978.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dennisha has been recorded 252 times among girls since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2011.
- #17,517 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 252 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dennisha ranks #17,517 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 252 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 252
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dennisha's 252 recorded births place it above 75.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dennisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dennisha's full recorded timeline at 1993, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dennisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2011
- Peak year (1992)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Dennisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (141 births, 56% of the file).
1990s was Dennisha's strongest decade.
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Dennisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
69 births
- 1990s
1990s
141 births
- 2000s 32
2000s
32 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 141 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Dennisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (141 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dennisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1978–2011 (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 Dennisha 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.