Girls' name · since 1990
Kwanesha
Kwanesha has 23 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #44,176 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
23 girls have been named Kwanesha since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kwanesha has 23 recorded births among girls since 1990, 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 1990 to 1996.
- #44,176 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kwanesha ranks #44,176 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #44,176 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kwanesha's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kwanesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kwanesha's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kwanesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1996
- Peak year (1990)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Kwanesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (23 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Kwanesha's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kwanesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 23 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kwanesha: 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 (~6 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, 1990–1996 (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 Kwanesha 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.