Kenisha
Kenisha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 557th, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1978313 births
- Best rank
- #557in 1978
- Since 1973
- 4,010people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,010 girls have been named Kenisha in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 313 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 313 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1990s alone account for 34%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Kenisha was the 557th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Kenisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jaimeepeak 1990
- Aieshapeak 1991
- Tynishapeak 1977
- Mieshapeak 1991
- Markishapeak 1979
- Myishapeak 1980
- Tequilapeak 1977
- Kalishapeak 1978
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.