Girls' name · since 1981
Brisha
Since 1981, U.S. Social Security records show 125 babies named Brisha, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,444 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Brisha is the #15444 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 125 recorded since 1981.
Brisha has 125 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15444 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #24,641 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,444 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 125 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brisha ranks #24,641 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,444 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 125 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,444 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brisha's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Brisha compares
125 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brisha's all-time total is 67% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brisha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 125 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brisha's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Brisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (56 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Brisha's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Brisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 56 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Brisha's data
- Brisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Brisha 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.