Denisha
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 302 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,306since 1960
Denisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Denisha has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 |
| 2007 | #4,213 | 36 |
| 2006 | #3,316 | 49 |
| 2005 | #3,509 | 42 |
| 2004 | #2,851 | 56 |
| 2003 | #2,885 | 53 |
| 2002 | #2,379 | 67 |
| 2001 | #2,331 | 68 |
| 2000 | #1,969 | 85 |
| 1999 | #1,688 | 97 |
| 1998 | #1,290 | 139 |
| 1997 | #1,091 | 172 |
| 1996 | #1,015 | 184 |
| 1995 | #819 | 240 |
| 1994 | #693 | 302 |
| 1993 | #1,094 | 165 |
| 1992 | #1,231 | 141 |
| 1991 | #1,077 | 168 |
| 1990 | #1,063 | 167 |
| 1989 | #1,060 | 160 |
| 1988 | #1,099 | 142 |
| 1987 | #986 | 159 |
| 1986 | #1,005 | 153 |
| 1985 | #1,109 | 130 |
| 1984 | #1,087 | 128 |
| 1983 | #1,024 | 137 |
| 1982 | #1,138 | 123 |
| 1981 | #1,122 | 123 |
| 1980 | #1,380 | 90 |
| 1979 | #1,283 | 99 |
| 1978 | #1,473 | 77 |
| 1977 | #1,451 | 76 |
| 1976 | #1,714 | 56 |
| 1975 | #1,963 | 45 |
| 1974 | #1,881 | 46 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
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| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Denisha! It came in at #6,390, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1960–1963, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Denisha is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#414 · 1 in 3,481
- Mississippi#451 · 1 in 2,660
- North Carolina#470 · 1 in 3,726
- Alabama#471 · 1 in 3,589
- Louisiana#542 · 1 in 3,759
Best ever in a state: #163 in Mississippi, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #414 | 6 | 1 in 3,481 |
| Mississippi | #451 | 5 | 1 in 2,660 |
| North Carolina | #470 | 10 | 1 in 3,726 |
| Alabama | #471 | 6 | 1 in 3,589 |
| Louisiana | #542 | 7 | 1 in 3,759 |
| Tennessee | #628 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Missouri | #638 | 5 | 1 in 6,249 |
| Virginia | #641 | 6 | 1 in 5,790 |
| Massachusetts | #678 | 5 | 1 in 7,177 |
| Florida | #770 | 10 | 1 in 6,942 |
| New York | #797 | 16 | 1 in 6,992 |
| Georgia | #842 | 5 | 1 in 7,839 |
| Michigan | #981 | 5 | 1 in 11,594 |
| California | #1,114 | 19 | 1 in 11,322 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 12,097 |
| Texas | #1,196 | 10 | 1 in 12,887 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Denisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 401 spots in 1994 (#1,094 → #693)
- Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1996 (#819 → #1,015)
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 1994 at #693 (302 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1994–1995
- Highest: 1 in 5,913 girls born in 1994 were named Denisha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 41.2% of all girls named Denisha (1,775) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53 | #3,619 (1969) | #5,170 |
| 1970s | 493 | #1,283 (1979) | #2,147 |
| 1980s | 1,345 | #986 (1987) | #1,101 |
| 1990s | 1,775 | #693 (1994) | #1,106 |
| 2000s | 511 | #1,969 (2000) | #3,387 |
| 2010s | 117 | #5,063 (2011) | #8,759 |
| 2020s | 12 | #12,197 (2023) | #13,724 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Denisha in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 10,935 of them was named Denisha, which outranked 92.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #983Kami160
- #983Kaylyn160
- #983Nicholas160
- #986Denisha159
- #986Graciela159
- #986Johnna159
- #986Kaylin159
- #993Aja158
- #993Eric158
- #993Kaylie158
Tied with 6 names at #986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.