Girls' name · since 1984
Quenesha
Quenesha has 70 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quenesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 70 have been recorded since 1984.
Quenesha has 70 recorded births among girls since 1984, 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 1984 to 1996.
- #31,155 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 70 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quenesha ranks #31,155 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quenesha's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quenesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Quenesha splits its recorded history at 1991: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Quenesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1996
- Peak year (1991)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1996.
70 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 11 births in a single year.
Quenesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (49 births, 70% of the file).
1990s was Quenesha's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Quenesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 49 births (70% of all-time use).
Quenesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Quenesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
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, 1984–1996 (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 Quenesha 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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