Reneisha — girls' name
236 babies named Reneisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
236 girls have been named Reneisha since 1981, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1999.
- 236
- total births
- 1981–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Reneisha was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Reneisha in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Reneisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 236 babies named Reneisha between 1981 and 1999, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Reneisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Reneisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Reneisha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Reneisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Reneisha 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 236 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.
Reneisha at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Reneisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1981
- Peak year (1992)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
236 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 22 births in a single year.
Reneisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 135 births that decade — 57% of Reneisha's all-time total
Reneisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Reneisha's strongest decade
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Reneisha by state
Where Reneisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 10 | 4.2% |
10 of 236 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1981–1999 (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.