Karlisha — girls' name
156 babies named Karlisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Karlisha was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Karlisha in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karlisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 156 babies named Karlisha between 1976 and 2000, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karlisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karlisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Karlisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karlisha 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 156 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.
Karlisha at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karlisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1976
- Peak year (1987)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
156 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 13 births in a single year.
Karlisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 68 births that decade — 44% of Karlisha's all-time total
Karlisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Karlisha's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 1976–2000 (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.