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Danesha

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Danesha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1994129 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1972
1,291people given the name
Babies named Danesha, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,291 girls have been named Danesha in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 129 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 129 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 1990s alone account for 56%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Danesha
1970s75
1980s263
1990s722
2000s210
2010s21

In 1994, its biggest year

Danesha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1994 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1994.

Names that rose and fell with Danesha

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.