Girls' name · since 1977
Dinesha
243 babies named Dinesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 243
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dinesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 243 have been recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dinesha has been recorded 243 times among girls since 1977, 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 1977 to 2001.
- #17,849 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 243 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dinesha ranks #17,849 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 243 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 243
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dinesha's 243 recorded births place it above 75.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dinesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dinesha's full recorded timeline at 1989, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dinesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2001
- Peak year (1993)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Dinesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (128 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Dinesha's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Dinesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
93 births
- 1990s
1990s
128 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 128 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Dinesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (128 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- 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 Dinesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1977–2001 (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 Dinesha 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.