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Renisha

Girl · ruh-NEE-shuh · Modern

Renisha is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Renisha come from?

Modern: blend of Re- and the -nisha ending of names like Tanisha

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ruh-NEE-shuh

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

Renisha is a girls' name.

How popular is Renisha in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Half of all the girls named Renisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.

1971Busiest: 41 in 19932016
Renisha in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20165#16,210
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20117#13,339
20100–
20090–
20080–
200710#10,814
20067#13,601
20055#16,455
20048#11,617
20039#10,420
200210#9,476
20019#10,095
20007#11,794
199915#6,478
199816#6,068
199712#7,278
199617#5,526
199526#3,964
199441#2,872
199341#2,877
199234#3,261
199126#3,930
199039#2,895
198940#2,763
198830#3,220
198736#2,721
198622#3,755
198537#2,600
198424#3,422
198323#3,430
198230#2,958
198120#3,858
198031#2,866
197919#3,902
197821#3,512
197716#4,234
197610#5,599
19758#6,482
19745#8,773
19738#6,078
19725#8,290
19716#7,386

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