Jonisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jonisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 437 babies named Jonisha between 1975 and 2008, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jonisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 234 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jonisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Jonisha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jonisha 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 437 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.