Girls' name · since 1980
Ernisha
62 babies named Ernisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ernisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 62 recorded since 1980.
Ernisha has 62 recorded births among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 1999.
- #32,465 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 62 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ernisha ranks #32,465 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 62 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ernisha's 62 recorded births place it above 54.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ernisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ernisha splits its recorded history at 1992: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ernisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1999
- Peak year (1991)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Ernisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (48 births, 77% of the file).
1990s was Ernisha's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Ernisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 48 births (77% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ernisha: 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 (~19 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, 1980–1999 (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 Ernisha 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.