Jenisha — #9111 US girls' name
320 babies named Jenisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Jenisha was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Jenisha in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jenisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 320 babies named Jenisha between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenisha currently holds the #9111 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenisha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jenisha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jenisha in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jenisha 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 320 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.
Jenisha at a glance
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Current rank
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Jenisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2011)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #9111 among girls.
320 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 16 births in a single year.
Jenisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 115 births that decade — 36% of Jenisha's all-time total
Jenisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jenisha's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Jenisha by state
Where Jenisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
Top 5 states
- Ohio 1.9% of nationwide
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1979–2024 (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.