Danisha
Danisha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1994154 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1969
- 2,421people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,421 girls have been named Danisha in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 154 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 154 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 41%.
By decade
In 1994, its biggest year
Danisha 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 Danisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Merissapeak 1995
- Faviolapeak 1991
- Courtneepeak 1990
- Karisapeak 1992
- Tearapeak 1990
- Kortneypeak 1990
- Myeishapeak 1993
- Jessikapeak 1990
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.