Recorded 1978–2008 Girls' name Peak 1992 410 births

Quinesha — girls' name

410 babies named Quinesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s101980s1211990s2162000s63
1990s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Quinesha was born in this single decade.

1992
Single peak year

33 babies were named Quinesha in 1992 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Quinesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 410 babies named Quinesha between 1978 and 2008, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Quinesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Quinesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 216 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Quinesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Quinesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Quinesha 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 410 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.

Quinesha at a glance

Last recorded 2008

Total births

410

Since 1978

31 years of records

Peak year

1992

33 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2008

Active since

1978

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2008

Quinesha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1978

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (1992)
33
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
010203040 20082002199819941990198619821978 5

Quinesha by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
216 births that decade — 53% of Quinesha's all-time total
1970s101980s1211990s2162000s63

Quinesha by state

Where Quinesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1978

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Quinesha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
5 1.2%
Georgia share of Quinesha's total US births 1.2%

5 of 410 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Quinesha?
410 babies have been named Quinesha since 1978. It was last recorded in 2008. The peak year was 1992 with 33 births.
When was Quinesha most popular?
Quinesha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 216 total births. The single peak year was 1992.
Where is Quinesha most popular?
The top states for the name Quinesha are Georgia (5 births).
How long has the name Quinesha been used?
Quinesha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1978, spanning 31 years of data through 2008.
What names are similar to Quinesha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Quinn, Quincy, Quiana, Quintina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1978–2008 (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.