Girls' name · since 1979
Earlisha
Earlisha has 98 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
98 girls have been named Earlisha since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Earlisha has 98 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1979 to 1994.
- #27,303 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 98 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Earlisha ranks #27,303 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 98 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Earlisha's 98 recorded births place it above 62.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
Earlisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Earlisha's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Earlisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1994
- Peak year (1993)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1994.
98 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 16 births in a single year.
Earlisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (47 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Earlisha's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Earlisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 47 births (48% of all-time use).
Earlisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Earlisha by state
Where Earlisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 5.1% |
5 of 98 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Louisiana records the most Earlishas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Earlisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1979–1994 (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 Earlisha 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.
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