Total births
23
Recorded 1991–1995 Girls' name Peak 1992 23 births
Qwanisha — girls' name
23 babies named Qwanisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
1990s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Qwanisha was born in this single decade.
1992
Single peak year
6 babies were named Qwanisha in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Qwanisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Qwanisha between 1991 and 1995, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Qwanisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Qwanisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Qwanisha 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 23 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.
Qwanisha at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
1992
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1991
Qwanisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1991
- Peak year (1992)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
Qwanisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 23 births that decade — 100% of Qwanisha's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Qwanisha? ▼
23 babies have been named Qwanisha since 1991. It was last recorded in 1995. The peak year was 1992 with 6 births.
When was Qwanisha most popular? ▼
Qwanisha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 1992.
How long has the name Qwanisha been used? ▼
Qwanisha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 5 years of data through 1995.
What names are similar to Qwanisha? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Qwanda, Qwanesha, Qwana. 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, 1991–1995 (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.