Malisha — #15616 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Malisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 637 babies named Malisha between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malisha currently holds the #15616 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Malisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Malisha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malisha 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 637 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.