Donesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Donesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 652 babies named Donesha between 1972 and 2008, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 336 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Donesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Donesha in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donesha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 652 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.