Marnisha — girls' name
128 babies named Marnisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
128 girls have been named Marnisha since 1980, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2000.
- 128
- total births
- 1980–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
65% of everyone ever named Marnisha was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Marnisha in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marnisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Marnisha between 1980 and 2000, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marnisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marnisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marnisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marnisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marnisha 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 128 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.
Marnisha at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marnisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1980
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
128 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 13 births in a single year.
Marnisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 83 births that decade — 65% of Marnisha's all-time total
Marnisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marnisha's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Marnisha by state
Where Marnisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 128 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% 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, 1980–2000 (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.