Kenisha — #13790 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kenisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,010 babies named Kenisha between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kenisha currently holds the #13790 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 313 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,382 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kenisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 284 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kenisha in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenisha 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 4,010 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.