Girls' name · since 1980
Quenisha
Quenisha has 191 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 191
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
191 girls have been named Quenisha since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Quenisha recorded 191 times among girls since 1980, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1999.
- #20,311 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 191 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quenisha ranks #20,311 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 191 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 191
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quenisha's 191 recorded births place it above 71.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quenisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Quenisha's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Quenisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1999
- Peak year (1993)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Quenisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (124 births, 65% of the file).
1990s was Quenisha's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Quenisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
67 births
- 1990s
1990s
124 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 124 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Quenisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1980–1999 (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 Quenisha 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.