Girls' name · since 1976
Kadisha
241 babies named Kadisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,940 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kadisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 241 recorded since 1976.
Kadisha has 241 recorded births among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 2017.
- #17,940 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 241 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kadisha ranks #17,940 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 241 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,940 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kadisha's 241 recorded births place it above 75.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Kadisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kadisha's full recorded timeline at 1995, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 42 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kadisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2017
- Peak year (1994)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Kadisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (150 births, 62% of the file).
1990s was Kadisha's strongest decade.
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Kadisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s
1990s
150 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 150 births (62% of all-time use).
Kadisha by state
Where Kadisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 21 | 8.7% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 2.1% |
21 of 241 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Kadisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (150 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Kadishas (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Kadisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1976–2017 (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 Kadisha 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.