Katisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Katisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 774 babies named Katisha between 1971 and 2001, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 313 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Katisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Katisha in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katisha 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 774 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.