Iyesha — girls' name
269 babies named Iyesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Iyesha was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Iyesha in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Iyesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Iyesha between 1974 and 2013, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Iyesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Iyesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Iyesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Iyesha 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 269 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.
Iyesha at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Iyesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1974
- Peak year (1991)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
269 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 20 births in a single year.
Iyesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 104 births that decade — 39% of Iyesha's all-time total
Iyesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 100 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Iyesha's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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, 1974–2013 (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.