Denesha
Feminine
Denesha appears in the record across the whole country in the same short stretch of years, with no single place it starts from. That is characteristic of names made this way, and it is genuinely odd when you think about it.
How old is the name Denesha?
Denesha first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Denesha alive today was born around 1991, making them about 34 years old. About 900 people named Denesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Denesha most popular?
Denesha peaked in 1994, reaching #1757 nationally. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Denesha
Most names spread outward from somewhere. A saint's town, a royal court, an immigrant port, a book: there is usually a first place, and the record shows the name moving from it. Names built from interchangeable parts do not behave that way at all. They appear in Detroit and Houston and Newark in the same year, in numbers, with nobody having copied anybody — because the parts were already in every household's ear, and the combination is one of a few hundred that the system makes available. Two thousand families can invent the same name independently in the same decade and each believe they have made something. In a sense each of them has, and in another sense the naming system made it for them.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language. The front is one of the small set of American prefixes and the back is an ending that was in general circulation; neither carries meaning. It is not a form of Denise, despite the shared opening — the two fronts arrived from different directions and the resemblance is a coincidence.
Pronouncing Denesha
duh-NEE-shuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The first syllable is barely voiced.
Nicknames for Denesha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most girls named
- 199483 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1757reached in 1994
- Change vs 2007
- +16.7%7 in 2008, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Deneshas among us
people named Denesha are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Denesha sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is read correctly on sight by anyone.
- The stressed middle carries well and resists shortening.
- It is rare in the record while sounding entirely familiar.
- Danesha, Denisha and Deneisha are all in the record nearby.
- The name dates its bearer to a particular decade.
- There is no inherited meaning, and the honest story is about how the parts fit together.
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Frequently asked
- How many Deneshas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Denesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Denesha in 2025?
- Denesha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Denesha with classmates?
- Denesha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with D, all years combined.
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