Girls' name · since 1974
Trenisha
Trenisha has 191 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 191
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
191 girls have been named Trenisha since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Trenisha has 191 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2003.
- #20,316 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 191 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trenisha ranks #20,316 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 191 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 191
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Trenisha's 191 recorded births place it above 71.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Trenisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Trenisha's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Trenisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2003
- Peak year (1991)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Trenisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (95 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Trenisha's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Trenisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
70 births
- 1990s
1990s
95 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 95 births (50% of all-time use).
Trenisha by state
Where Trenisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 191 births nationwide.
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What to do with Trenisha's data
- Trenisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Trenishas (5 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 Trenisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1974–2003 (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 Trenisha 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.