Girls' name · since 1971
Renisha
735 babies named Renisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,247 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 735
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Renisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 735 recorded since 1971.
Renisha has 735 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2016.
- #9,247 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 735 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Renisha ranks #9,247 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 735 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,247 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 735
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Renisha's 735 recorded births place it above 87.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Renisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Renisha's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 41, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Renisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2016
- Peak year (1993)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Renisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (293 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Renisha's strongest decade.
293 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Renisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 98
1970s
98 births
- 1980s
1980s
293 births
- 1990s
1990s
267 births
- 2000s 65
2000s
65 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 293 births (40% of all-time use).
How Renisha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Renisha's total volume
Renisha by state
Where Renisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 37 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 21 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 18 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.7% |
37 of 735 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Renisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (293 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Renishas (37 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Renisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Renisha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.