Renisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Renisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 735 babies named Renisha between 1971 and 2016, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Renisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Renisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Renisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Renisha in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Renisha 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 735 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.