Genisha — girls' name
34 babies named Genisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Genisha was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Genisha in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Genisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Genisha between 1984 and 1993, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Genisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Genisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Genisha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Genisha 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 34 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.
Genisha at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Genisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1984
- Peak year (1991)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
34 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 7 births in a single year.
Genisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 20 births that decade — 59% of Genisha's all-time total
Genisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Genisha's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.