Girls' name · since 1976
Doneisha
Doneisha has 365 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,287 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 365
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Doneisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 365 have been recorded since 1976.
Doneisha has 365 recorded births among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 2003.
- #14,287 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 365 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doneisha ranks #14,287 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 365 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,287 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 365
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Doneisha's 365 recorded births place it above 80.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Doneisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Doneisha's full recorded timeline at 1991, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Doneisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2003
- Peak year (1993)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Doneisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (224 births, 61% of the file).
1990s was Doneisha's strongest decade.
224 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Doneisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
104 births
- 1990s
1990s
224 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 224 births (61% of all-time use).
Doneisha by state
Where Doneisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 7 | 1.9% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.4% |
7 of 365 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Doneisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (224 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Doneishas (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Doneisha: 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 (~27 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, 1976–2003 (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 Doneisha 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.