Kynisha — girls' name
80 babies named Kynisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Kynisha was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Kynisha in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kynisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Kynisha between 1977 and 1996, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kynisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kynisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kynisha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kynisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kynisha 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 80 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.
Kynisha at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kynisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1977
- Peak year (1991)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
80 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 11 births in a single year.
Kynisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 36 births that decade — 45% of Kynisha's all-time total
Kynisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kynisha's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Kynisha by state
Where Kynisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 13 | 16.3% |
13 of 80 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 16.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 16.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.