Girls' name · since 1973
Iisha
Iisha has 254 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 254
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
254 girls have been named Iisha since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Iisha has 254 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1998.
- #17,452 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 254 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iisha ranks #17,452 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 254 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 254
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Iisha's 254 recorded births place it above 75.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Iisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Iisha's full recorded timeline at 1985, 37% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 63% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Iisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1998
- Peak year (1977)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Iisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (111 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Iisha's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Iisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s
1980s
111 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 111 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Iisha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (111 total births) through the 1990s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Iisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1973–1998 (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 Iisha 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.