Laresha — girls' name
250 babies named Laresha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Laresha was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Laresha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laresha
The Social Security Administration has registered 250 babies named Laresha between 1976 and 2000, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laresha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laresha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Laresha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Laresha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laresha 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 250 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.
Laresha at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laresha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1976
- Peak year (1990)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
250 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 17 births in a single year.
Laresha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 107 births that decade — 43% of Laresha's all-time total
Laresha decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Laresha's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Laresha by state
Where Laresha concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 250 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.