Donnisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Donnisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 445 babies named Donnisha between 1975 and 2008, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donnisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donnisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 202 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Donnisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Donnisha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donnisha 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 445 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.