Kennisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kennisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 600 babies named Kennisha between 1976 and 2008, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kennisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kennisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kennisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kennisha in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kennisha 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 600 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.