Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kenisha

#2,847 most common girls' name of all time · #4,883 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among girls
#2,847
Rank overall
#4,883 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
4,024
Since 2016
109
Peak year
1978 #560
Best rank
#560 1978
Girls Boys peak 313/yr
198020002020

Kenisha first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 9 — 9 #10,309
2024 6 — 6 #13,875
2023 13 — 13 #8,177
2022 9 — 9 #10,610
2021 6 — 6 #13,845
2020 11 — 11 #9,117
2019 5 — 5 #16,035
2018 12 — 12 #8,781
2017 17 — 17 #6,887
2016 21 — 21 #6,052
2015 12 — 12 #9,095
2014 14 — 14 #8,185
2013 13 — 13 #8,716
2012 15 — 15 #7,947
2011 16 — 16 #7,529
2010 21 — 21 #6,261
2009 21 — 21 #6,400
2008 28 — 28 #5,196
2007 33 — 33 #4,511
2006 32 — 32 #4,510
2005 35 — 35 #4,074
2004 37 — 37 #3,861
2003 56 — 56 #2,785
2002 52 — 52 #2,873
2001 50 — 50 #2,898
2000 42 — 42 #3,245
1999 73 — 73 #2,108
1998 67 — 67 #2,161
1997 104 — 104 #1,559
1996 89 — 89 #1,706
1995 112 — 112 #1,446
1994 139 — 139 #1,244
1993 179 — 179 #1,033
1992 191 — 191 #996
1991 207 — 207 #932
1990 221 — 221 #880
1989 149 5 154 #1,117
1988 134 — 134 #1,145
1987 106 — 106 #1,312
1986 118 — 118 #1,197
1985 123 — 123 #1,162
1984 103 — 103 #1,254
1983 106 — 106 #1,211
1982 81 — 81 #1,487
1981 93 — 93 #1,353
1980 122 — 122 #1,124
1979 178 — 178 #871
1978 313 — 313 #560
1977 229 — 229 #687
1976 134 — 134 #955
1975 29 — 29 #2,678
1974 14 — 14 #4,448
1973 19 — 19 #3,479