Girls' name · since 1958
Letisha
1,894 babies named Letisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,861 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,894
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Letisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,894 recorded since 1958.
Letisha has 1,894 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2023.
- #4,861 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,894 born since 1958
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Letisha ranks #4,861 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,894 born since 1958, peaking in the 1980s.
- #4,861 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,894
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Letisha's 1,894 recorded births place it above 93.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Letisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Letisha's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 124, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Letisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2023
- Peak year (1979)
- 124
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Letisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (793 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Letisha's strongest decade.
793 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Letisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 116
1960s
116 births
- 1970s
1970s
708 births
- 1980s
1980s
793 births
- 1990s 236
1990s
236 births
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 793 births (42% of all-time use).
How Letisha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Letisha's total volume
Letisha by state
Where Letisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 139 | 7.3% |
| #2 | California | | 129 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 106 | 5.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 43 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 39 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 34 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 26 | 1.4% |
| #8 | New Mexico | | 22 | 1.2% |
139 of 1,894 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Letisha appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Letisha's data
- Letisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (793 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Letishas (139 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Letisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~65 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Letisha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.