Karsha — girls' name
22 babies named Karsha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
22 girls have been named Karsha since 1972, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1991.
- 22
- total births
- 1972–1991
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 77%
- born in that decade
77% of everyone ever named Karsha was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Karsha in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karsha
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Karsha between 1972 and 1991, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karsha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karsha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Karsha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karsha 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 22 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.
Karsha at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karsha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1972
- Peak year (1979)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
22 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 7 births in a single year.
Karsha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 17 births that decade — 77% of Karsha's all-time total
Karsha decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Karsha's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% 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, 1972–1991 (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.