girl's name

Denisha

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 4,445

Denisha is a girl's name. In 2023 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1994, when 302 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1960.

Denisha over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

1,775
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Denisha by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 53
1970s 493
1980s 1,345
1990s 1,775
2000s 511
2010s 117
2020s (to 2023) 12

How popular is Denisha?

In 2023, Denisha was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Denisha is used

Canada #3,670 5 in 2010
England & Wales #7,241 3 in 2017
United States #13,139 7 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Denisha

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Denisha also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Denisha over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Denisha

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Denisha — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Denisha

How popular is the name Denisha?

In 2023, Denisha was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Denisha a girl's or a boy's name?

Denisha is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Denisha most popular?

Denisha peaked in 1994, when 302 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.