Girls' name · since 1976
Kennisha
Kennisha has 600 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,559 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 600
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kennisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 600 have been recorded since 1976.
Kennisha has 600 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2008.
- #10,559 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 600 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kennisha ranks #10,559 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 600 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,559 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 600
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kennisha's 600 recorded births place it above 85.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Kennisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kennisha splits its recorded history at 1991: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kennisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2008
- Peak year (1990)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Kennisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (236 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Kennisha's strongest decade.
236 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Kennisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 66
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
232 births
- 1990s
1990s
236 births
- 2000s 66
2000s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 236 births (39% of all-time use).
How Kennisha 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 Kennisha's total volume
Kennisha by state
Where Kennisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 7 | 1.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.8% |
36 of 600 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Kennisha's data
- Kennisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (236 total births); usage has since declined to 66 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kennishas (36 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 Kennisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1976–2008 (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 Kennisha 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.