Raynesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Raynesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Raynesha between 1983 and 2005, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raynesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raynesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Raynesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Raynesha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raynesha 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 216 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.