Denisha
Denisha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 694th, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1994302 births
- Best rank
- #694in 1994
- Since 1960
- 4,306people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,306 girls have been named Denisha in the United States since 1960, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 302 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 302 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 41%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1994, its biggest year
Denisha was the 694th most given girl’s name 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 Denisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tyneshapeak 1993
- Courtneypeak 1990
- Myeshapeak 1993
- Tyeshapeak 1991
- Tyeishapeak 1994
- Marandapeak 1994
- Raechelpeak 1991
- Rebekkapeak 1997
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.