Girls' name · since 1973
Kenisha
4,019 babies named Kenisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,987 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,283 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,019
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kenisha currently ranks #10283 among girls' names in America, with 4,019 babies recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Kenisha recorded 4,019 times among girls since 1973, holding rank #10283 nationally today, ahead of 41% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #2,987 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,283 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,019 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenisha ranks #2,987 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,283 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,019 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,987 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,283 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,019
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kenisha's 4,019 recorded births place it above 95.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kenisha compares
4,019 Top 16% higher than 84% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kenisha's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kenisha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,019 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 313 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kenisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kenisha splits its recorded history at 1999: 16% of all births land in the more recent half, 84% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 313 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kenisha popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 313
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Kenisha popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1989 (Kenisha as boys' name)
Kenisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,382 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Kenisha's strongest decade.
1,382 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Kenisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
916 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,135 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,382 births
- 2000s 386
2000s
386 births
- 2010s 146
2010s
146 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,382 births (34% of all-time use).
How Kenisha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kenisha's total volume
Kenisha by state
Where Kenisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 284 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 271 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 254 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 215 | 5.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 197 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 163 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 140 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 137 | 3.4% |
284 of 4,019 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Kenisha appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kenisha's data
- Kenisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,382 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kenishas (284 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kenisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Kenisha 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.