Darnisha

girls:

877 births since 1964

#4839 (15th percentile)

overall:

877 births since 1964

#6862 (11th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Darnisha is the #6,862 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 877 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 11.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,839 (15.3% percentile) for all time with 877 births since 1964.

Darnisha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (first recorded for girls in 1964). Birth data for Darnisha is available in 38 out of the 45 years between 1964 and 2008. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Darnisha reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #814) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2008.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Darnisha".

1964 2008 19642008

Key Statistics

Total Births
877
Peak Births
56
Peak Year
1993
First Recorded
1964
Peak Percentile
5.9%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#814
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Darnisha

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Darnisha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 42.9% confident that Darnisha is pronounced as dahr-NEE-shuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dahr-NIH-shuh, at 31.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.

dahr-NEE-shuh (3 syllables)
42.9% confidence
D AA0 R N IY1 SH AH0
dahr-NIH-shuh (3 syllables)
31.4% confidence
D AA0 R N IH1 SH AH0
DAHR-nee-shuh (3 syllables)
20.0% confidence
D AA1 R N IY0 SH AH0
DAHR-nih-shuh (3 syllables)
5.7% confidence
D AA1 R N IH0 SH AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like D AA0 R N IY1 SH AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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