Tisha

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births

Peak · girls
1971 · 868 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,552
since 1886

Tisha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tisha has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #311, 1971girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,11619
2024#8,44312
2023#12,1977
2022#10,3839
2021#12,2067
2020#6,62917
2019#9,73610
2018#7,40915
2017#6,53118
2016#6,90117
2015#8,93112
2014#8,48513
2013#9,61211
2012#9,71111
2011#8,61413
2010#8,70113
2009#7,34117
2008#6,79919
2007#6,09322
2006#7,48216
2005#5,26624
2004#5,37723
2003#5,41922
2002#6,39217
2001#4,56426
2000#5,31221
1999#3,89530
1998#3,30137
1997#2,82043
1996#2,63047
1995#1,65189
1994#1,545100
1993#1,185146
1992#1,442111
1991#1,517102
1990#1,325122
1989#1,414105
1988#1,110140
1987#1,182123
1986#1,080139
1985#976157
1984#855179
1983#788201
1982#698251
1981#605304
1980#552337
1979#492411
1978#508370
1977#471411
1976#465409
1975#428466
1974#386539
1973#360590
1972#358614
1971#311868
1970#500398
1969#482402
1968#738179
1967#897130
1966#1,08793
1965#1,07595
1964#1,70846
1963#1,67247
1962#1,91736
1961#1,87238
1960#1,81139
1959#2,98016
1958#2,75518
1957#3,30913
1956#3,04815
1955#3,22513
1954#3,01914
1953#5,6735
1952#3,7969
1951#3,28411
1950#2,90913
1949#2,99912
1948#3,35010
1947#3,24011
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1945#4,0256
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1933#4,2185
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1929#4,5705
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1898#1,7005
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1887#1,1475
1886#9936
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Tisha! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tisha is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNHWashington: #618 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,652 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMINew York: #1,132 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,405 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedIAIndiana: #704 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,785 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,699 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 20,767 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNMKansas: #272 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,591 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #554 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,792 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedHITexas: #1,207 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 12,829 girlsTXFlorida: #806 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,292 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#272 · 1 in 1,591
  2. North Carolina#554 · 1 in 4,792
  3. Washington#618 · 1 in 4,652
  4. Indiana#704 · 1 in 6,785
  5. Florida#806 · 1 in 7,292

Best ever in a state: #111 in Hawaii, 1974.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#27291 in 1,591
North Carolina#55481 in 4,792
Washington#61861 in 4,652
Indiana#70451 in 6,785
Florida#806101 in 7,292
New York#1,132101 in 11,405
Texas#1,207101 in 12,829
California#1,699111 in 20,767
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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 Tisha
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,327 spots since 2024 (#8,443#6,116)
  • 513 spots since 2020 (#6,629#6,116)
  • 2,815 spots since 2015 (#8,931#6,116)
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1969 (#738#482)
  • Biggest drop: 154 spots in 1887 (#993#1,147)
Rise & fade · girls
85 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1971 at #311 (868 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1967–1985
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,917
  • Highest: 1 in 1,917 girls born in 1971 were named Tisha (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 53.1% of all girls named Tisha (5,076) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#993 (1886)#1,070
1890s5#1,700 (1898)#1,700
1900s0
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
1920s5#4,570 (1929)#4,570
1930s5#4,218 (1933)#4,218
1940s39#2,999 (1949)#3,404
1950s127#2,755 (1958)#3,400
1960s1,105#482 (1969)#1,326
1970s5,076#311 (1971)#428
1980s1,936#552 (1980)#926
1990s827#1,185 (1993)#2,131
2000s207#4,564 (2001)#6,005
2010s133#6,531 (2017)#8,463
2020s71#6,116 (2025)#9,329

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.

Tisha in 1988

girls
#1,110
140 births · 1 in 12,720 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #1,110Tisha140
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 12,720 of them was named Tisha, which outranked 92.0% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tisha
  1. #1,104Shaniqua141
  2. #1,104Tristan141
  3. #1,104Whittney141
  4. #1,110Tisha140
  5. #1,110Bernice140
  6. #1,110Samone140
  7. #1,113Brooklyn139
  8. #1,113Hilda139
  9. #1,113Shalonda139

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 2,890Jalissa#3,857#967
  2. 2,381Taja#3,101#720
  3. 1,710Whitley#2,156#446
  4. 1,225Jalisa#1,662#437
  5. 883Jaleesa#1,227#344
Fallers
  1. 620Channing#590#1,210
  2. 346Denisse#954#1,300
  3. 319Jeana#966#1,285
  4. 314Eliana#826#1,140
  5. 311Nakia#893#1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988