Kenisha
Kenisha was the 10506th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 557th with 313 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,271 places. More babies were named Kenisha in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,506 girls, down 1,265 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1978313 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,024babies recorded
Kenisha popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1989.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,506 | 9 |
| 2020 | #9,241 | 11 |
| 2010 | #6,290 | 21 |
| 2000 | #3,239 | 42 |
| 1990 | #879 | 221 |
| 1980 | #1,120 | 122 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kenisha, counting every spelling?
Kenisha has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kenisha?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kenisha (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kenisha born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kenisha.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kenisha?
About 3,900 people born in the US named Kenisha are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 31 and 46. That makes Kenisha mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kenisha: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kenisha, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kenisha
How popular is the name Kenisha?
Kenisha was the 10506th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 557th with 313 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,271 places. More babies were named Kenisha in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Kenisha a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kenisha in the US.