Camisha — girls' name
993 babies named Camisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Camisha was born in this single decade.
165 babies were named Camisha in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Camisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 993 babies named Camisha between 1971 and 2014, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Camisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 165 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Camisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 416 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Camisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Camisha in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Camisha 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 993 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.
Camisha at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Camisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1971
- Peak year (1972)
- 165
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
993 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 165 births in a single year.
Camisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 416 births that decade — 42% of Camisha's all-time total
Camisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 416 births
- Runner-up 345 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Camisha's strongest decade
416 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Camisha by state
Where Camisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 44 | 4.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 42 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 19 | 1.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 17 | 1.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 17 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 11 | 1.1% |
44 of 993 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.4% of nationwide
- Florida 4.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.7% of nationwide
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Camisha appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1971–2014 (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.