How Many People Are Named Donisha?
An estimated 1,216 people in the United States have the first name Donisha. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Donisha peaked in popularity in 1991 with 77 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Donisha as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Donisha paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,216
About 1 in 281,870 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1991
77 births
Total Registered
1,276
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Donisha
Donisha is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,276 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Donisha as a female name
Ranked #13,288 in 2016
7 female births in 2016
Peak: 1991 (77 births)
Donisha: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Donisha span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 521 babies were registered. Donisha has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Donisha by Decade
How has Donisha tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Donisha by State
Birth registrations for Donisha span all 10 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Illinois, Louisiana. The lowest are in Michigan, Kentucky, North Carolina. On average, about 35 Donishas were registered per state.
Donisha + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Donisha as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Donisha
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Donisha: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Donisha?
We estimate approximately 1,216 people named Donisha are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 281,870 Americans share this first name.
Is Donisha a common name?
Donisha is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,276 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Donisha most popular?
Donisha reached peak popularity in 1991, when 77 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Donisha is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Donisha a female name?
Donisha is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Donisha Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Donisha Smith, Donisha Johnson, Donisha Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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