Girls' name · since 1976
Quanisha
Quanisha has 1,535 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,612 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,535
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quanisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,535 have been recorded since 1976.
Quanisha has 1,535 recorded births among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 2009.
- #5,612 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,535 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quanisha ranks #5,612 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,535 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,612 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,535
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quanisha's 1,535 recorded births place it above 92.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Quanisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Quanisha's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 160, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Quanisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2009
- Peak year (1995)
- 160
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Quanisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (984 births, 64% of the file).
1990s was Quanisha's strongest decade.
984 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Quanisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 47
1970s
47 births
- 1980s 385
1980s
385 births
- 1990s
1990s
984 births
- 2000s 119
2000s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 984 births (64% of all-time use).
How Quanisha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Quanisha's total volume
Quanisha by state
Where Quanisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 161 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 152 | 9.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 78 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 70 | 4.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 55 | 3.6% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 53 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 44 | 2.9% |
| #8 | California | | 40 | 2.6% |
161 of 1,535 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Quanisha appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Quanisha's data
- Quanisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (984 total births); usage has since declined to 119 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Quanishas (161 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Quanisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1976–2009 (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 Quanisha 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.