Kamisha — girls' name
1,128 babies named Kamisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Kamisha was born in this single decade.
63 babies were named Kamisha in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kamisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,128 babies named Kamisha between 1972 and 2012, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kamisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 63 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kamisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 466 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kamisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 67 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Kamisha in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kamisha 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 1,128 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.
Kamisha at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kamisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1972
- Peak year (1985)
- 63
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
1,128 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 63 births in a single year.
Kamisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 466 births that decade — 41% of Kamisha's all-time total
Kamisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 466 births
- Runner-up 319 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kamisha's strongest decade
466 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Kamisha by state
Where Kamisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 67 | 5.9% |
| #2 | California | | 55 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 24 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 23 | 2.0% |
| #5 | New York | | 17 | 1.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 15 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 12 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Florida | | 10 | 0.9% |
67 of 1,128 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.9% of nationwide
- California 4.9% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.0% of nationwide
- New York 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kamisha appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1972–2012 (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.