Girls' name · since 1976
Lenesha
48 babies named Lenesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
48 girls have been named Lenesha since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenesha has been recorded 48 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1996.
- #35,481 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 48 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenesha ranks #35,481 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #35,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lenesha's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lenesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lenesha's full recorded timeline at 1989, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lenesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1996
- Peak year (1991)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Lenesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (22 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Lenesha's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Lenesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 22 births (46% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lenesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1976–1996 (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 Lenesha 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.