Girls' name · since 1970
Artisha
478 babies named Artisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,182 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 478
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
478 girls have been named Artisha since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Artisha has 478 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2003.
- #12,182 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 478 born since 1970
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Artisha ranks #12,182 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 478 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,182 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 478
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Artisha's 478 recorded births place it above 83.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Artisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Artisha's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Artisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2003
- Peak year (1993)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Artisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (180 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Artisha's strongest decade.
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Artisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
113 births
- 1980s
1980s
180 births
- 1990s
1990s
156 births
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 180 births (38% of all-time use).
Artisha by state
Where Artisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.3% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
6 of 478 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Artisha's data
- Artisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (180 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Artishas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Artisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Artisha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.