Girls' name · since 1987
Lonisha
61 babies named Lonisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,697 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 61
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lonisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 61 have been recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lonisha has been recorded 61 times among girls since 1987, 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 1987 to 1999.
- #32,697 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 61 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lonisha ranks #32,697 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 61 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,697 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 61
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lonisha's 61 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lonisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lonisha splits its recorded history at 1992: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lonisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1999
- Peak year (1990)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Lonisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (50 births, 82% of the file).
1990s was Lonisha's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Lonisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 50 births (82% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lonisha: 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 (~12 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, 1987–1999 (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 Lonisha 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.