Girls' name · since 1984
Doniesha
Doniesha has 160 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,115 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Doniesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 160 have been recorded since 1984.
Doniesha has 160 recorded births among girls since 1984, 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 1984 to 2004.
- #22,115 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doniesha ranks #22,115 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,115 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Doniesha's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Doniesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Doniesha's full recorded timeline at 1994, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Doniesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2004
- Peak year (1991)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Doniesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (115 births, 72% of the file).
1990s was Doniesha's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Doniesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
115 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 115 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Doniesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (115 total births); usage has since declined to 18 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 Doniesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1984–2004 (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 Doniesha 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.