Recorded 1979–2001 Girls' name Peak 1991 288 births

Quinisha — girls' name

288 babies named Quinisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s111980s1081990s1552000s14
1990s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Quinisha was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

25 babies were named Quinisha in 1991 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Quinisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Quinisha between 1979 and 2001, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Quinisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Quinisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Quinisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Quinisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Quinisha 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 288 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.

Quinisha at a glance

Last recorded 2001

Total births

288

Since 1979

23 years of records

Peak year

1991

25 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2001

Active since

1979

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2001

Quinisha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1979

Last recorded 2001
Peak year (1991)
25
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
051015202530 20011998199519921989198619831979 11

Quinisha by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
155 births that decade — 54% of Quinisha's all-time total
1970s111980s1081990s1552000s14

Quinisha by state

Where Quinisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Quinisha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Florida
5 1.7%
Florida share of Quinisha's total US births 1.7%

5 of 288 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Quinisha?
288 babies have been named Quinisha since 1979. It was last recorded in 2001. The peak year was 1991 with 25 births.
When was Quinisha most popular?
Quinisha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 155 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
Where is Quinisha most popular?
The top states for the name Quinisha are Florida (5 births).
How long has the name Quinisha been used?
Quinisha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 23 years of data through 2001.
What names are similar to Quinisha?
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, 1979–2001 (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.