Atisha — girls' name
124 babies named Atisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Atisha was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Atisha in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Atisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Atisha between 1972 and 1994, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Atisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Atisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Atisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Atisha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 124 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Atisha at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Atisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1972
- Peak year (1977)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
124 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 12 births in a single year.
Atisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 59 births that decade — 48% of Atisha's all-time total
Atisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Atisha's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.