Iesha
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #11,169 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #5,521
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 1,896 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,452since 1968
Iesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Iesha has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,567 | 32 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,509 | 42 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,927 | 54 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,085 | 48 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,497 | 63 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,872 | 93 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,885 | 90 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,678 | 98 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,481 | 115 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,120 | 167 | — | |
| 1996 | #759 | 278 | — | |
| 1995 | #669 | 318 | — | |
| 1994 | #666 | 321 | — | |
| 1993 | #604 | 384 | — | |
| 1992 | #432 | 581 | — | |
| 1991 | #157 | 1,896 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #731 | 285 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,057 | 161 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #1,147 | 133 | — | |
| 1987 | #897 | 187 | — | |
| 1986 | #967 | 163 | — | |
| 1985 | #986 | 155 | — | |
| 1984 | #909 | 164 | — | |
| 1983 | #959 | 152 | — | |
| 1982 | #972 | 152 | — | |
| 1981 | #920 | 163 | — | |
| 1980 | #952 | 156 | — | |
| 1979 | #889 | 169 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,046 | 130 | — | |
| 1977 | #903 | 157 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,297 | 84 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,672 | 57 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,386 | 74 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,832 | 46 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | — | |
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| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Iesha! It came in at #5,642, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Iesha is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#381 · 1 in 2,314
- Illinois#451 · 1 in 3,318
- Wisconsin#513 · 1 in 5,107
- North Carolina#580 · 1 in 5,079
- Georgia#620 · 1 in 5,299
Best ever in a state: #30 in Mississippi, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #381 | 13 | 1 in 2,314 |
| Illinois | #451 | 22 | 1 in 3,318 |
| Wisconsin | #513 | 6 | 1 in 5,107 |
| North Carolina | #580 | 7 | 1 in 5,079 |
| Georgia | #620 | 7 | 1 in 5,299 |
| New York | #781 | 15 | 1 in 7,126 |
| Ohio | #802 | 7 | 1 in 9,870 |
| New Jersey | #818 | 5 | 1 in 8,083 |
| Texas | #892 | 16 | 1 in 8,334 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 13,828 |
| Florida | #1,222 | 5 | 1 in 13,051 |
| California | #1,595 | 10 | 1 in 20,225 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Iesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 574 spots in 1991 (#731 → #157)
- Biggest drop: 361 spots in 1997 (#759 → #1,120)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1991 at #157 (1,896 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1979–1987
- Highest: 1 in 989 girls born in 1991 were named Iesha (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,573 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 59.6% of all girls named Iesha (4,443) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7 | #5,642 (1968) | #5,642 |
| 1970s | 796 | #889 (1979) | #1,716 |
| 1980s | 1,586 | #897 (1987) | #977 |
| 1990s | 4,443 | #157 (1991) | #830 |
| 2000s | 499 | #1,872 (2001) | #3,736 |
| 2010s | 101 | #5,728 (2011) | #10,672 |
| 2020s | 20 | #11,169 (2023) | #12,742 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Iesha in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 11,102 of them was named Iesha, which outranked 92.1% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.