Tynisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tynisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,668 babies named Tynisha between 1972 and 2011, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tynisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tynisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 615 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tynisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 91 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Tynisha in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tynisha 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 1,668 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.