Marlisha — girls' name
217 babies named Marlisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
217 girls have been named Marlisha since 1973, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2007.
- 217
- total births
- 1973–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Marlisha was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Marlisha in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marlisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 217 babies named Marlisha between 1973 and 2007, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Marlisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marlisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marlisha 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 217 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.
Marlisha at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marlisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1973
- Peak year (1988)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
217 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 14 births in a single year.
Marlisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 92 births that decade — 42% of Marlisha's all-time total
Marlisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marlisha's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Marlisha by state
Where Marlisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 217 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1973–2007 (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.