Quanesha — girls' name
687 babies named Quanesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Quanesha was born in this single decade.
62 babies were named Quanesha in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Quanesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 687 babies named Quanesha between 1976 and 2008, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Quanesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 62 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Quanesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 442 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Quanesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Quanesha in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Quanesha 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 687 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.
Quanesha at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Quanesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1976
- Peak year (1992)
- 62
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
687 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 62 births in a single year.
Quanesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 442 births that decade — 64% of Quanesha's all-time total
Quanesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 442 births
- Runner-up 166 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Quanesha's strongest decade
442 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Quanesha by state
Where Quanesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 48 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 37 | 5.4% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 37 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.9% |
48 of 687 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 7.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.4% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.4% of nationwide
- Mississippi 1.5% of nationwide
- New York 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 7.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Quanesha appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1976–2008 (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.