Girls' name · since 1960
Liesha
Since 1960, U.S. Social Security records show 59 babies named Liesha, peaking in 1982. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Liesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 59 have been recorded since 1960.
Liesha has 59 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2001.
- #33,083 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 59 born since 1960
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liesha ranks #33,083 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 1960, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Liesha's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Liesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Liesha's full recorded timeline at 1990, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Liesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2001
- Peak year (1982)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Liesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (25 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Liesha's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Liesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Liesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Liesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1960–2001 (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 Liesha 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.