Maisha — #5316 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,904 babies named Maisha between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maisha currently holds the #5316 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 114 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 738 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Maisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 356 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Maisha in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maisha 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 1,904 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.