Girls' name · since 1988
Denysha
22 babies named Denysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,640 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
22 girls have been named Denysha since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Denysha recorded 22 times among girls since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1994.
- #44,640 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denysha ranks #44,640 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #44,640 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Denysha's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Denysha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Denysha's full recorded timeline at 1992, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Denysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1994
- Peak year (1994)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Denysha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (17 births, 77% of the file).
1990s was Denysha's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Denysha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (77% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Denysha: 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 (~6 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, 1988–1994 (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 Denysha 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.