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.

Wanisha

#28,062 most common girls' name of all time · #45,344 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1982–2001

Rank among girls
#28,062
Rank overall
#45,344 of 105,966
First appeared
1982
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
74
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1994 #10,191
Best rank
#9,404 1986
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
2000

Wanisha first appears in 1982. 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
2001 5 — 5 #16,275
1996 5 — 5 #14,627
1994 8 — 8 #10,191
1993 6 — 6 #12,714
1992 7 — 7 #11,277
1989 7 — 7 #10,522
1988 7 — 7 #10,123
1987 5 — 5 #12,721
1986 7 — 7 #9,404
1985 6 — 6 #10,474
1983 6 — 6 #10,143
1982 5 — 5 #12,320