Delisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Delisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 980 babies named Delisha between 1961 and 2019, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 311 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Delisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Delisha in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delisha 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 980 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.