Recorded 1986–2021 Girls' name Peak 1990 23 births

Sanisha — girls' name

23 babies named Sanisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s61990s122020s5
1990s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Sanisha was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

7 babies were named Sanisha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sanisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Sanisha between 1986 and 2021, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sanisha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanisha 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.

Sanisha at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

23

Since 1986

36 years of records

Peak year

1990

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1986

Recorded for 36 years

Last year on file: 2021

Sanisha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1986

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (1990)
7
Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2021199119901986 6

Sanisha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
12 births that decade — 52% of Sanisha's all-time total
1980s61990s122020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sanisha?
23 babies have been named Sanisha since 1986. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 1990 with 7 births.
When was Sanisha most popular?
Sanisha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
How long has the name Sanisha been used?
Sanisha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1986, spanning 36 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Sanisha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sandra, Sandy, Sandi, Saniyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1986–2021 (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.