Maiesha — girls' name
34 babies named Maiesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Maiesha was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Maiesha in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maiesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Maiesha between 1978 and 1999, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maiesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maiesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maiesha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maiesha 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 34 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.
Maiesha at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maiesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1978
- Peak year (1978)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
34 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 7 births in a single year.
Maiesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 17 births that decade — 50% of Maiesha's all-time total
Maiesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Maiesha's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1978–1999 (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.