Girls' name · since 1973
Dinisha
125 babies named Dinisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,651 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
125 girls have been named Dinisha since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dinisha has been recorded 125 times among girls since 1973, 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 1973 to 1999.
- #24,651 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 125 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dinisha ranks #24,651 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 125 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,651 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dinisha's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dinisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dinisha splits its recorded history at 1988: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dinisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1999
- Peak year (1994)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Dinisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (61 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Dinisha's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Dinisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 61 births (49% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dinisha: 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 (~26 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, 1973–1999 (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 Dinisha 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.