Recorded 1980–1999 Girls' name Peak 1993 191 births

Quenisha — girls' name

191 babies named Quenisha 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.

1980s671990s124
1990s
Peak decade

65% of everyone ever named Quenisha was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

24 babies were named Quenisha in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Quenisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 191 babies named Quenisha between 1980 and 1999, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Quenisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Quenisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Quenisha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Quenisha 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 191 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.

Quenisha at a glance

Last recorded 1999

Total births

191

Since 1980

20 years of records

Peak year

1993

24 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1999

Active since

1980

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 1999

Quenisha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1980

Last recorded 1999
Peak year (1993)
24
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
0510152025 199919961994199219901988198619811980 7

Quenisha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
124 births that decade — 65% of Quenisha's all-time total
1980s671990s124

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Quenisha?
191 babies have been named Quenisha since 1980. It was last recorded in 1999. The peak year was 1993 with 24 births.
When was Quenisha most popular?
Quenisha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 124 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
How long has the name Quenisha been used?
Quenisha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 20 years of data through 1999.
What names are similar to Quenisha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Queen, Queenie, Quetzalli, Queena, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1980–1999 (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.