Iisha — girls' name
254 babies named Iisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Iisha was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Iisha in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Iisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Iisha between 1973 and 1998, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Iisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Iisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Iisha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Iisha 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 254 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.
Iisha at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Iisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1973
- Peak year (1977)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
254 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 21 births in a single year.
Iisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 111 births that decade — 44% of Iisha's all-time total
Iisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Iisha's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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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, 1973–1998 (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.