Kalisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kalisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,293 babies named Kalisha between 1970 and 2023, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 83 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 422 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kalisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kalisha in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalisha 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 1,293 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.