Girls' name · since 1987
Kernisha
Kernisha has 10 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 10
- total births
- 1987–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
10 girls have been named Kernisha since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kernisha has been recorded 10 times among girls since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 1992.
- 10 total births
- 1987–1992 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kernisha's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kernisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kernisha's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded.
Kernisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1992
- Peak year (1987)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Kernisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kernisha's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kernisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kernisha's data
- Kernisha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1987–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kernisha: Baby Name Since 1987 - 10 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kernisha. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kernisha 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 July 2026.