Girls' name · since 1986
Lonnisha
Lonnisha has 30 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,983 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lonnisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 30 recorded since 1986.
Lonnisha has 30 recorded births among girls since 1986, 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 1986 to 1996.
- #40,983 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lonnisha ranks #40,983 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #40,983 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lonnisha's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lonnisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lonnisha's full recorded timeline at 1990, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lonnisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1996
- Peak year (1989)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1996.
30 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 7 births in a single year.
Lonnisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (18 births, 60% of the file).
1990s was Lonnisha's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Lonnisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18 births (60% of all-time use).
Lonnisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lonnisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1986–1996 (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 Lonnisha 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.
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