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Donisha

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Donisha 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
199177 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1973
1,276people given the name
Babies named Donisha, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,276 girls have been named Donisha in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 77 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 77 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 41%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Donisha
1970s146
1980s473
1990s521
2000s129
2010s7

In 1991, its biggest year

Donisha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.

Names that rose and fell with Donisha

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.