girl's name

Lenisha

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 227

Lenisha is a girl's name. In 2003 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1997, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1977.

Lenisha over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2003, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Lenisha by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 23
1980s 79
1990s 106
2000s (to 2003) 16

How popular is Lenisha?

In 2003, Lenisha was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Lenisha is used

England & Wales #5,210 3 in 2002
United States #17,822 5 in 2003

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 Lenisha

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

Parents who like Lenisha also like

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

Sibling names for Lenisha

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

Common questions about Lenisha

How popular is the name Lenisha?

In 2003, Lenisha was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Lenisha is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lenisha most popular?

Lenisha peaked in 1997, when 17 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.