Mandisa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mandisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 374 babies named Mandisa between 1973 and 1998, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mandisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mandisa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mandisa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Mandisa in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mandisa 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 374 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.