Recorded 1973–1998 Girls' name Peak 1977 254 births

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.

1970s841980s1111990s59
1980s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Iisha was born in this single decade.

1977
Single peak year

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 1998

Total births

254

Since 1973

26 years of records

Peak year

1977

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1998

Active since

1973

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 1998

Iisha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1973

Last recorded 1998
Peak year (1977)
21
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
0510152025 199819941991198719841981197819751973 9

Iisha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
111 births that decade — 44% of Iisha's all-time total
1970s841980s1111990s59

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Iisha?
254 babies have been named Iisha since 1973. It was last recorded in 1998. The peak year was 1977 with 21 births.
When was Iisha most popular?
Iisha was most popular in the 1980s decade with 111 total births. The single peak year was 1977.
How long has the name Iisha been used?
Iisha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 26 years of data through 1998.
What names are similar to Iisha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Iishia. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.