Girls' name · since 1975
Calisha
240 babies named Calisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,973 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Calisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 240 recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Calisha recorded 240 times among girls since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2006.
- #17,973 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 240 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calisha ranks #17,973 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 240 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,973 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Calisha's 240 recorded births place it above 75.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Calisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Calisha's full recorded timeline at 1987, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Calisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2006
- Peak year (1982)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Calisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (119 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Calisha's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Calisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 32
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
119 births
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 119 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Calisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2000s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Calisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1975–2006 (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 Calisha 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.